“For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a
lifetime! Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the
morning.”
Psalm 30:5 ESV
In
the hours Jesus hung upon the cross fully absorbing His Father’s just judgment
for the sins of the world, it must have seemed an eternity for those looking on
who loved Him.
The
day after laying Him to rest with their hopes and dreams, in a cold, dark tomb
was undoubtedly wrought with grief and disillusionment as the implications of
their loss began to sink in.
Little
did they comprehend, as all of us in times when it seems God has forsaken us,
that such affliction is only momentary compared to a lifetime of His favor
which always triumphs with the dawn. Joy comes in the morning!