Friday, September 18, 2009

JOY

I just saw this on another blog I follow. It brightened my Friday morning. Hope it does yours too!

"'Sorrow is one of the things lent, not given.

Joy is given; sorrow is lent.

Sorrow is lent to us for just a little while

that we may use it for eternal purposes.

Then it will be taken away and everlasting joy

will be our Father's gift to us, and the Lord God

will wipe away all tears...'

-Amy Carmichael"

2 comments:

Mom said...

How beautiful, true, encouraging. . .and succinct. Something neither one of us will probably ever be. But I love every word you write! And yes, I'm probably prejudiced! :-)

Mom said...

Oops - when I said "something neither one of us will ever be" I meant "succinct". . .you are all of those other things!