Rev. Ray and Pat Amos
Hold On for the Brighter Days
“You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by.”
Job 11:16
Perhaps Job found those words hard to believe. Whenever he thought that things could not get any worse; they did. Someone has said that when you are at the end of your rope, you should tie a knot and hold on. The lesson of Job is simple: Do not give up on trusting God. Remember that “GOD blessed Job’s later days even more than his earlier life” (Job 42:12).
The song says, “I’m so glad that troubles don’t last always.” Child of God; whatever you may be going through, there are brighter days ahead. Remember that weeping may remain all night, but joy comes in the morning; and the morning always comes.
How I love this song: “Hold on my child joy comes in the morning; weeping only last for the night. Hold on my child Joy comes in the morning; the darkest hour means dawn is just in sight.”
We have an expression: “That’s water under the bridge.” It means that a trouble or a mistake has already happened and is now forgotten or no longer important. I was Day Camp Pastor at Camp Laurel where I had a young friend. He faced physical challenges that made it impossible for him to do some things that campers do. He and I would spend time each day dropping tree leaves from the bridge into the water. We laughed as we raced our leaves, now the leaves are all downstream and gone.
Like those leaves, many troubles and trials have come and gone from our lives. There is a river with healing waters that flows from the throne of God. As we pray today; can we imagine that our troubles are like leaves in WATERS GONE BY?
Grace and Peace, Rev Ray
Link to YouTube Video – HOLD ON, MY CHILD
