The Quiet Hour
Weeping may stay for the night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning.Psalm 30:5 (NIV)
Some nights are long. Whatever was heavy at teatime is heavier by eleven, and the hours before morning can feel as if they will not end.
Psalm 30 was written by someone who had been there. He remembers calling out for help, and being lifted out of the depths. Looking back on it, he says this: "Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning."
Notice the word stay. Like a guest. Sorrow is let in and given somewhere to sleep. Nobody pretends it is not there. But it does not own the house.
It is not a promise that everything is mended by breakfast. Some nights last a season. But the night is not the whole story, and it does not get the last word.
If tonight is one of the long ones, you do not have to hurry it.
Psalm 30:5 (NIV)
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