There is this song that we often sing at church, and there was always a specific line in that song that I didn’t understand!
“There may be pain in the night but joy comes in the morning.”
It just never fully made sense to me. Or should I say, I failed to relate to that sentence. I used to think to myself, “Well I don’t experience much joy in the morning because I’m not exactly thee morning person” 👀😂. And nighttime used to be my favorite time!
This all changed.
I would say about a few months ago, this line started making sense to me as I was going through a really tough time. A tough time in which I had to let go of some relationships in my life that were hard to let go of. It was a time of sacrifice. And it hurt ...
I had to make one really tough call which wasn’t pleasant. It broke me to do have to do it. I had to break off my relationship with my ex boyfriend. It was beyond the most painful thing I’ve ever done as I cared about him so much! Even typing it out now is a little hard because it brings me back to that night.
I cried, my heart was breaking and I could not sleep that night! Anxiety felt like a huge knot in my stomach and I even thought to myself a few times, “What have I done?” Even though I knew it was the right call, it just didn’t feel very nice in the moment.
The very next day I had to sing in church and I had no idea how I was going to do it. How was I going to go up there and ain’t feeling like this? At this state I might just start crying on stage.
I got up the next morning at about 4:30 am, with the harsh reality that last night wasn’t a dream. It happened. It’s done.
I had to be at church at 6am. So I got ready, feeling empty & not knowing how exactly to feel or to smile that day. Went outside in the cold and waited for my lift...
Got up on stage and sang, and the first song we sang was “Rejoice in the Lord”. I had completely forgotten that this song was in the set. When it got to the line “There may be pain in the night but joy comes in the morning” a wave of hope rushed into me and I knew in that instant I was going to get through this. I felt like God telling me in that moment, “You’re going to be okay, my child. You’re going to be more than okay.” I looked up at the ceiling, at God and made the choice to rejoice in the Lord always even when circumstances feel heavy.
That sentence finally made sense to me because now I could relate to it’s meaning.
Nighttime is when you lay your head down on your pillow after a long day, you’re left alone with your thoughts, with your fears, your anxiety, your problems... Nighttime is when the burdens of that day come together and often overwhelm you. It’s painful, maybe shameful, heartbreaking, hurtful or depressing.
You experience pain in the nighttime. Which I had experienced the night before. I couldn’t sleep, that’s how much the pain kept me awake.
But in the morning, I regained new strength in a new day praising God through last nights pain. When we wake up, we wake up to a new start, a chance to start over, new opportunities to do right. That Sunday I started off my morning praising God which made a huge impact on how the rest of my day went and how I felt in the moment. I felt hope, I felt sparks of positivity.
I gave power to Gods promise instead of the heartache. It was a new day!
That’s why it’s vital to me how I start off my mornings, because it determines how the rest of my day is going to go. You give power to what you allow to have power over you. And I allowed Gods promise to have power over me that morning and guess what? It turned out to be the first best day I had had in that tough time.
How did you start of your morning today? What did you give power to this morning? Negative thoughts 💭? Heartache, pain? Whatever it may be... It’s okay. Tomorrow is a new day to start again.
Place yourself in His rest. Even right now in this moment as you’re reading this. He wants you to come into his rest. But will you allow Gods power into your life and situation?
Have a lovely day guys!💕 Today is the day that the Lord has made and I WILL rejoice and be glad in it!
