Before the Morning...

When I was younger, I used to be afraid of the dark. So,naturally I'd hate night time, especially bed time. Whenever it was time to sleep, I'd literally wrap myself from head to toe with the blanket, lie with my back against the wall, and look at the small light that is on in the room. Oh how I'd always hoped morning would come faster. In horror movies, everything would always get better in the morning. That was how much I hoped for mornings. 


I think it is the same principle when I look at how I face life's challenges. I'm still recovering from my surgery the other day. One thing about wounds and broken bones are that they always hurt the most at night. That's when they start to really heal. The nights are always the hardest part for me, but when the morning comes it feels like everything is better. 


It's the same as LIFE. Everyone of us faces pain and challenges in life. Some may be simple and bearable, others may seem so hard we wonder if it's ever gonna end. When my dad died so suddenly, I wondered if my mum & us would ever have hope again. I wondered if this pain would ever end. I wondered if I was going to see "daylight" again. But just as no matter how scared I was during the night, morning would surely come. It was because of my dad's death that I moved to another place & found Jesus Christ. My "morning" finally came!!


So,no matter how much pain you may be going through right now, God knows. And He CARES!!It may feel that this pain will never end, but let me assure you, it will. No matter how long the NIGHT may feel like, MORNING will surely come. So, hang on a little longer. Let God hold your hand through this pain. Let Him show you that this pain you are going through, it's just the dark before the morning. 

"...weeping may stay for the night, 
   but rejoicing comes in the morning." (Psalm 30:5)








p/s:Listen to Josh Wilson's "Before the Morning". It's really a must hear. Hope you've been blessed by this.