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Sorrow Turned Into Joy
by Ray Prinzing
"Ye shall be
sorrowful, but your
sorrow shall be turned
into joy. A woman when
she is in travail hath
sorrow, because her hour
is come: but as soon as
she is delivered of the
child, she remembereth
no more the anguish, for
joy that a man is born
into the
world."
(John 16:20-21)
The "once upon a time"
stories of childhood
have their ending, "and
they lived happily ever
after." There were
struggles and trials to
reach their goal, but
then the bliss of
victory came, and the
story ends.
Sophisticated people
that think they are
worldly-wise and
intelligent will smile
at those stories, and
say we need to be more
"realistic" to see
things as they really
are. Caught in the
midst of the
degenerative processes
of this world, to be
sure, the view is not
pretty, and natural hope
is soon exhausted. But
there is a vision that
is not of this world, it
is the assurance of
total victory in Christ,
and includes the
"times of restitution of
all things, which God
hath spoken by the mouth
of all His holy prophets
since the world began."
(Acts 3:21).
In the final summation
of the acts of David the
king, 1 Chronicles 29:30
ends the record with the
statement, "-- and the
times that went over
him, and over Israel,
and over all the
kingdoms of the
countries." We can
become so involved with
the times that go over
us, we allow our vision
to become dim and
short-sighted, and
forget that for all
these processings and
operations of God in our
lives, THE END IS
SECURE, and all our
sorrow shall be turned
into joy, to His glory
and praise.
The sorrows are but a
means to an end, they
are to help with THE
BIRTHING of a new age, a
new life. "Weeping
may endure for a night,
but joy cometh in the
morning." (Psalm
30:5).
In His
salvation, praise the
Lord, a new dimension
find,
Sown
in tears, to reap in
joy,
Blessings pure - without
alloy,
Vict'ry hell cannot
destroy,
A blessing
that now maketh right,
all sorrows left behind.
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