This morning as I was praying, I was praying for a friend who lost a child. Now you know all the hope & anticipation that goes into a new little baby & then when that doesn't happen, it's devastating. It changes everything. You are not the same person that you once were. That can be okay, if your letting God do the healing & take that grief & turn it around & it seems that she is, so that is a praise. Shes also found out she is expecting again, so what great praise is continuously being lifted up for them all. But as I was praying for her & her little family I thought about the verses in Ecclesiastes chapter 3. Verse 1 says "there is a time for everything, & a season for every activity under the heavens." Then the next 7 verses talk about that, the different things there is a "time" for. So when I was praying I knew that verses 4 & 5 were going to be just for her..."a time to weep & a time to laugh, a time to mourn & a time to dance." She has wept & mourned but is now being able to experience the laughter & the dancing!! It really just brought me to tears!!! Then I read a little further & verse 11 says, "He has made everything beautiful in it's time." Grief & sadness are never ever fun to go through, but what great hope God gives to us. He says, "yes, there's gonna be bad stuff, sad stuff, but that is only for a "time"--for a moment. Hold on to me b/c I bring good, I give hope, & I offer My love!!" That is so exciting, so reassuring. I hope you find the same excitement in these words that God gives us & if your "time" right now is a little less than good, remember it's only for a moment--trust in Him, go to Him & let Him continue to do His good work & change that weeping into laughter!!! What a great hope to have--to laugh in & w/ our great Savior!!!