Laughter and Tears
Our house is full of both laughter and tears right now. As in home hospice care is being provided for my grandpa Bill here at the house, my grandma weeps when he doesn’t recognize her, my daughter cries as she tries to understand death for the first time, I weep in my bed at the end of the long day from being overwhelmed and exhausted — but we are not hopeless, we are not without laughter, we are not alone.
There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven– A time to be born and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted. A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up. A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance.
ECCLESIASTES 3:1-4 AMP
https://bible.com/bible/1588/ecc.3.1-4.AMP
Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.
1 Peter 5:7, 10 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/1pe.5.7-10.NLT
Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:28-31 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/isa.40.28-31.NLT
Harold J. Ballinger 