138 - "Forgive Me, Again" 2 Samuel 24

David.
Oh! Another overt sin.

Again.

Curved in.  Ambition.

Repent.

Oh! Sorrow! So swift.

David listens well.

"Let us fall into the 

Hand of the Lord, 

for his mercy is great; 

but let me not fall into 

the hand of man.” 2 Sam 24:14

For when we sin, 

God's anger is but for a moment.

His favor is for a lifetime.  Ps 30:5 

Weeping tarries the night.

Joy comes in the morning. Ps 30:5

Troubles come into all of our lives.
Some seem to last a lifetime;
Some are gone with a sigh.
Whatever we face,
"we were made for another world." CS  Lewis
It's why time seems so strange to us.
A wink.  A blink.  We shrink.  No link.
We were not made for time.
No, we were made for Eternity. 

Father, thank You for bringing joy this very morning.  Before I even rise.  Joy that is not based on what I do, how I perform, when I succeed, where I live.  Joy breaks in the morning and we cannot thank you enough. 

PHOTO:  Joy breaks at the Quarries Lake.  I pass this spot every day of my life.  And I linger here this morning to watch the joy rise.