"Your days of mourning will end!"

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"Your days of mourning will end!" Isaiah 60:20

Here on earth, we have much to cause us to mourn. 

We mourn over . . .
the state of the world, and of the church; 
many things in the domestic circle; 
the deep depravity of our own hearts; 
our evil tempers and passions; 
the temptations and fiery darts of Satan;
our losses, crosses, and privations;
the hiding of the Lord's face; 
weakness and pain of body. 

All these things conspire to make us sorrowful, so that with David we sometimes say, "My sins have flooded over my head; they are a burden too heavy for me to bear. My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness. I am bent over and brought low; all day long I go around in mourning!" Psalm 38:4-6 

But there is a bright prospect before us! 

Our mourning season will soon be over!

If we now sow in tears—we shall reap in joy. 

The days of our mourning will soon be ended. 
Then we shall have . . .
light—without darkness,
holiness—without sin,
joy—without sorrow,
service—without toil,
the eternal sunshine of our Father's love—without one intervening cloud!

We shall soon . . .
shed the last tear,
heave the last sigh,
utter the last groan,
express the last wish,
and feel the last pain! 
And then all beyond—will be holiness, happiness, and perfect blessedness!

"Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst! The sun will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb at the centre of the throne will be their Shepherd; He will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes!" Revelation 7:16-17

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