Hold On, My Child

God is love; He is merciful, kind, and forgiving; He is the Giver of life. We who are rightly related to Him know that we can trust Him even in our darkest hours. But believers sever fellowship with God by going their way instead of His. By doing this, we gain His disfavor that only lasts until we repent. Every person faces life’s challenges and experiences differing troubles, disappointments, and sadness. But for God’s children, sorrows lodge only a short while; they are just temporary, though it sometimes seems an eternity. They will one day be succeeded by joy—singing—often in this life, but always for all the righteous in the life to come with our heavenly Father: “For His anger endureth but a moment; in His favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning” (Psalm 30:5).