"Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy." - Psalm
126:5
The most
difficult place to keep moving in faith is the place of extreme pain. Extreme
pain, especially emotional pain, can become immobilizing to the human spirit if
it is allowed to overcome us. The psalmist tells us there is only one remedy
for overcoming painful circumstances that will result in joy. We are to sow in
the midst of these times. You cannot do this if you live by feelings alone. It
is an act of the will. This act requires that we go outside ourselves in pure
faith.
I learned
this principle during one of the deepest periods of my life. I had lost much
that was dear to me. A mature man in the faith admonished me to reach out to
others in spite of my own pain. "Invest in someone else," he said. I
did not realize what a place of healing and comfort that would become.
"He
who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy,
carrying sheaves with him" (Ps. 126:6). Pain can become a source of joy if
we take the first step by planting seed. There is a harvest that will come if
we sow in the midst of tears.
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