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Have you ever felt loss, grief, or like you'd been dealt a set of bad cards in life? Or maybe lost and unsuccessful because nothing was going quite your way, and you just couldn't manage to get where you wanted to be? I imagine we all have felt like this at one moment or another. If you're anything like me these feelings bring tears, lots and lots of tears. Sometimes it's easy to dwell in the feelings of misfortune or sadness and we are overwhelmed and yearn for normalcy and no more tears.
And sometimes we just have to wait. Taking small steps (some even with tears!) to the healing and future we so long for. During the season of Advent, we wait, but we know what's coming. Come Christmas we will be joyful because of the arrival of our Lord in the manger. The Savior of the world is worth the wait. God has done great things for us, and we rejoice with shouts of joy! We can trust that this Psalm is truth, that when feelings and misfortunes weigh us down, or overcome us God will hold on and never let go. Shouts of joy will come again!
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