Psalm 30:2-12 ~ O LORD my God, I cried to thee for help, and thou hast healed me

Psalm 30:2-12

2 O LORD my God, I cried to thee for help, and thou hast healed me.
3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol, restored me to life from among those gone down to the Pit.
4 Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name.
5 For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
6 As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved."
11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,
12 that my soul may praise thee and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to thee for ever.

It has been an unusual year, year and a half, for me and a dear friend. If you read Scripture for Today Blogspot, you may already know our much longed for daughter, Isabelle, was stillborn at 33 weeks. September 23, 2008. My good friend, we talk just about every day, has had 7 teenager deaths - family friends - during this time.

The anniversary of death has arrived for one of their cherished friends. We have pain, it is necessary to acknowledge pain.

1 Thessalonians 4:13 (English Standard Version)
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.

Part of grieving, from the terrible beginning, is seeing the hope and good news even it the midst of tragedy. Part of sadness, is the relief in being able to tell the Lord how awful it is to feel the pain. The joy we have in this:

~ Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. ~
Pope John Paul II

In Jesus Christ, we have the sustaining hope:
O LORD my God, I cried to thee for help, and thou hast healed me.

Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

Luke 23:43
Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."

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