Morning, May 13

Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings

"Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."

  Psalm 30:5

   Christian! If thou art in a night of trial, think of the morrow; cheer
   up thy heart with the thought of the coming of thy Lord. Be patient,
   for


   "Lo! He comes with clouds descending."

   Be patient! The Husbandman waits until he reaps his harvest. Be
   patient; for you know who has said, "Behold, I come quickly; and my
   reward is with me, to give to every man according as his work shall
   be." If you are never so wretched now, remember


   "A few more rolling suns, at most,

   Will land thee on fair Canaan's coast."

   Thy head may be crowned with thorny troubles now, but it shall wear a
   starry crown ere long; thy hand may be filled with cares--it shall
   sweep the strings of the harp of heaven soon. Thy garments may be
   soiled with dust now; they shall be white by-and-by. Wait a little
   longer. Ah! how despicable our troubles and trials will seem when we
   look back upon them! Looking at them here in the prospect, they seem
   immense; but when we get to heaven we shall then


   "With transporting joys recount,

   The labours of our feet."

   Our trials will then seem light and momentary afflictions. Let us go on
   boldly; if the night be never so dark, the morning cometh, which is
   more than they can say who are shut up in the darkness of hell. Do you
   know what it is thus to live on the future--to live on expectation--to
   antedate heaven? Happy believer, to have so sure, so comforting a hope.
   It may be all dark now, but it will soon be light; it may be all trial
   now, but it will soon be all happiness. What matters it though "weeping
   may endure for a night," when "joy cometh in the morning?"