Squirrels scampering...
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. ~ Romans 12:15 ESV
There's tension in rejoicing and weeping for me - in the knowing of pain others are experiencing while expressing my gratitude for the abundance of all that is good in my life. How can I rejoice, when others weep? I wonder.
Goldfinches chirping...
I remember how I felt the day my mother died nearly ten years ago, as though it was yesterday. It was a stunningly clear cerulean blue day - just four days after Easter - and it made me angry. "How dare it be beautiful on the day my mother died." I cried.
and a little boy playing in the dirt...
It's been a weeping, heart-heavy week of pain and grief and brokenness in the lives of many I love, and yet I kissed the sweet head of my two week old granddaughter and played and laughed all day with her four year old big brother, and rejoiced in the goodness of God that surrounds me. It was perfectly delightful, and I fear my rejoicing wounds the hearts of those who weep even more.
...on a chartreuse winter day on Pollywog Creek
From the pages of Sarah Young's Jesus Calling, a friend in pain wrote...
"Hope is like a golden cord connecting you to heaven. The more you cling to this cord, the more I (the Lord) bear the weight of your burdens..."Of course.
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. ~ Romans 12:12 ESVI can rejoice when others weep, because I can rejoice in hope...
- the Lord Who is hope
- His Word
- His steadfast love
- the joy in hope
- in the glory of God
- the hope of heaven
- Christ in you and me
- a living God
- eternal life
The End
13 comments:
Wow, Patricia. This is wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing.
Beautifully said AND shown, Patricia.
Lovely words and lovely pictures! So glad to have found you through Ann's site :)
~meri
A powerful message. Timely for me, as well. I have had that exact feeling, the wondering how life can go on beautiful, when there are those I love, and even when sometimes it is me, and life is falling apart and hurts deep. But there. is. joy. in. Jesus.
xo
Hello Patricia. I just found your blog through Nancy Carter. This was a beautiful post. And your photography is stunning!
I love this. Thank you for this golden cord.
Amen, amen....Pat, I thank God for you, for giving you so much wisdom. You bless me constantly.
It is hard to balance the two. Well said. I like the new look of your blog.
Love to you, dear one. Again.
J.
Could there even be the concept of "hope" without the trials and suffering? If life were perfect, there would be no reason to hope..
I love your pictures. You capture beauty well.
JD
There is definitely a delicate balance in weeping with those who weep and rejoicing with those who rejoice. Even in weeping we have hope and so much to be thankful for. Beautiful post!
Beautiful posts, Pat.ko
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