Lord, these afflictions so light and momentary are nothing compared to the glory You have in store for Your beloved. There are no reasons for my soul to be mourning when Your blessing invokes a rejoicing response. Let me not yield to gloomy anticipations not grounded in the hope I have in Christ. For every dark and foreboding night ends with sweet rays of a new morning. This storm of circumstances will not leave an endless league of mud that impoverishes the shore of my heart. Lord, let the winter of my discontent turn to the spring of new blossoms and revelation. The heavy tempest of despair cannot cast shadows on the promises You have given me. Hope abounds where faith has been rooted. My God, You never fail! Your love is as everlasting as eternity itself. Your reach is as far as a single ray of sunshine. In the midst of chaos, Your peace is evidence of Your love. And though mountains hidden by clouds are as real as those fully exposed by a perfect day, Your love is as true when I can’t feel it as it is when I can. How beautiful the view from heaven’s summit. How glorious that perspective that is divinely inspired. Take me there, Lord. Let me be where You are so that my heart rests contented knowing that all is well with my soul. Under the blessed truth of Psalm 34:18-19 and the authority of Christ Jesus I bow in prayer.

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart,
    and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
    but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
Psalm 34:18-19, WEB