April 24, 2006
The Word April 24, 2006
Joy & Suffering/Sorrow
Psalms 126:5 (King James Version)
“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.”
Psalms 30:5 (King James Version)
“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
-Definitions
Joy - feeling of great happiness or pleasure, especially of an elevated or spiritual kind.
Suffering – physical or psychological pain and distress, or an experience of it.
Sorrow - an unfortunate event, experience, or other cause of sorrow
(Encarta® World English Dictionary © 1999 Microsoft Corporation).
-Like the two words that we studied last week, these words are in direct opposition to each other as well. To really experience the fullness of joy we have to have experienced some suffering and sorrow. The above verses tell us that joy follows suffering and sorrow. As we go through things, we need to be mindful that suffering and sorrow only last a season.
-If God always gave us joy, we would not appreciate it as much. A person who has never been financially challenged doesn’t appreciate the value of a dollar the same as a person who has been financially challenged. Lord, please keep me mindful that to know joy is to know suffering and sorrow.
Joy & Suffering/Sorrow
Psalms 126:5 (King James Version)
“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.”
Psalms 30:5 (King James Version)
“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
-Definitions
Joy - feeling of great happiness or pleasure, especially of an elevated or spiritual kind.
Suffering – physical or psychological pain and distress, or an experience of it.
Sorrow - an unfortunate event, experience, or other cause of sorrow
(Encarta® World English Dictionary © 1999 Microsoft Corporation).
-Like the two words that we studied last week, these words are in direct opposition to each other as well. To really experience the fullness of joy we have to have experienced some suffering and sorrow. The above verses tell us that joy follows suffering and sorrow. As we go through things, we need to be mindful that suffering and sorrow only last a season.
-If God always gave us joy, we would not appreciate it as much. A person who has never been financially challenged doesn’t appreciate the value of a dollar the same as a person who has been financially challenged. Lord, please keep me mindful that to know joy is to know suffering and sorrow.
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