My Cup Runneth Over With Both

 

 
I will sing of the goodness of God!

How is it possible for us to hold extreme sorrow and extreme joy in the same cup?

My cup runneth over with both.

Last week our first grandbaby was born.

And my friend had another grandbaby go to Jesus...another angel baby...my friend's daughter lost another baby. A whole family mourns. Life. Hope. Stunned. Gone. It's so hard to see God's goodness in this place.

I witnessed the birth of our granddaughter and prayed that Jesus would give me some of the pain her mama was experiencing.  Overwhelmed by the goodness of God. A miracle.

Our joy isn't negated by the sorrow of the other. Yet, they both run together in the same stream. How? Why? We are told to rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those that weep. I didn't know it would happen together. 

And this is our earthly life. There are things that happen to us that can look like losses. Or great big fails. Or ongoing circumstances that seem to never change or heal or improve.

I think to hold joy also in the same cup as sorrow, we have to daily commit to singing of the goodness of God. All day every day. To say God, "You are good" and trust Him with both. 

The enemy of our souls tries to steal every bit of goodness we dare to claim by making us feel sorry for ourselves, by whispering defeat and despair in our ears with thoughts like, "You will never be enough or get it right. You are alone. No one else gets to experience what you have. You are special in your loneliness. No one understands. People are cruel and judging you." Those kinds of thoughts.

Sing louder, longer, harder. Don't stop. 

I will keep singing and praying for the miracle. I will keep joy over my grandbaby while I count her toes and smell her skin.

And will sing of the goodness of God for the sorrow and pain you are feeling right now. Like Hannah of old, I will pray and weep for you...I will keep asking Him for  what you want to experience here on earth. Because I too, have deep things of the heart that I am waiting still to have here on this earth. If God wills.