Turning Sadness to Joy
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour. Esther 8:16
Who would have believed such a reversal of fortune in the time of the Jewish remnant in Babylon. One moment under wicked Haman they were doomed to suffer and die. Through the intervention of Mordecai and Esther, the situation was totally reversed, virtually overnight. This is exactly what God can do. Never forget that He is almighty, and able to do all things, including turning our sad and difficult circumstances into times of light and joy. --Brian Russell
When langour and disease invade this trembling house of clay,
Tis sweet to look beyond my pains and long to fly away.
Sweet, in the confidence of faith to trust His firm decree,
Sweet to lie passive in His hand, and know no will but His.
--A. Toplady
