... and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. yesterday would have been my best friends 29th birthday had he not committed suicide three years ago. it was a very sorrow filled day. after work i went out to meet his family at the grave site, again much sorrow. but the LORD started to turn things around for me there, the family came to me and asked if i would lead all of them in prayer. it was hard to do but i was happy to do it, also i felt some joy in that the family came to me to draw close to God in this time. the pain and sorrow of the day started to melt. after we went back to his mothers house. we talked about old times and new. through out the conversations i came to find out that his mother, grandmother, aunt, sister and brother in law have all come to know the lord as saviour. they are all in a local congregation and all very excited about their new found faith. the LORD took my sorrow and made it joy!! a thing only he can do.
i miss you john paul, rest in peace brother!
as a Christian there is nothing better then when we are doing what we are meant to do. with that said what is it we are meant to do? Go! right? yeah thats right, i never feel better in my daily life then when im telling others about my saviour. there is however other times we as spiritual beings are in a time of joy. worship and real biblical fellowship. im not just talking about hanging out with other Christians. what im talking about is when you can get together with other believers and spend all of the time together just focusing on God. i do not know of a better past time short of preaching Christ and him crucified. there is something so sweet about time spent pondering God, his Word, his ways, and how he deals with us in his mercy and grace. along with that is worship as i said, and no matter if your in your prayer closet alone or in a church with hundreds of people, this is a time of pure joy and sweet communion with our Lord. tonight after a short class, i sat with two brothers in Christ. as the lesson was coming to close we began to just talk openly amongst our selves. i have not been so blessed in nothing more then just conversation in who knows how long. now just think, as fun as it is now to talk of God and worship him. the day is coming when we shall see him as we worship, and we will have all of forever to get to know more and more about him. praise be to God for his wonderful mercies and grace beyond grace!!!
“There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice”
