There is nothing quite like sorrow in the evening. Time seems to go so much slower and it is as if the night will never end.
The Bible commands "Don't let the sun go down on your wrath."
There is such torment during those dark hours of the night when our thoughts race from one thing to another; where we cry ourselves to sleep only to wake up right where we ended up the day before... with unforgiveness and unresolved issues... if we have allowed the sun to set this way.
I have experienced many times of sorrow at sunset. Not all of them were due to my unwillingness to resolve conflict, but many times there were situations that came that were beyond my control.
My father went to be with the Lord 15 years ago on May 26, 1994. It was a desperately dark time and things began to change so fast concerning my life that I could barely process any pain. It seemed that the sun had set and would never rise again. I really loved him, but I didn't realize how lost I felt without him.
Just 9 months later my husband's father went to be with the Lord and the sun set once more in our family.
There are many things which cause pain in our lives. We tend to think that dawn will never come. There is an old hymn that says,
"Beyond the Sunset, O' Blissful morning,
When with our Savior heaven is begun.
Earth's toiling ended, O' glorious dawning,
Beyond the sunset when day is done."
Jesus is coming soon! He has promised us an eternal home full of joy and gladness. A home without pain or sorrow, sickness, disease, dying, seperation, divorce or any other kind of death.
One day soon sorrow's sun will set for the last time.
2 comments:
This article helped me understand why things seem so much worse at night. Thank God for that day when we go to that place where there is no night or darkness of any kind. In Him is LIGHT ! Even so Lord Jesus, come!
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