{"id":895,"date":"2011-02-12T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-12T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/02\/because-he-changes-our-mourning-into-dancing\/"},"modified":"2017-01-24T18:28:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T23:28:59","slug":"because-he-changes-our-mourning-into-dancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/02\/because-he-changes-our-mourning-into-dancing.html","title":{"rendered":"Because He Changes Our Mourning into Dancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-87Ne1Rafck4\/TVcMY4OrdNI\/AAAAAAAAAkg\/NAkV-k-EHNk\/s1600\/mourning+into+dancing+23x30cm.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-87Ne1Rafck4\/TVcMY4OrdNI\/AAAAAAAAAkg\/NAkV-k-EHNk\/s200\/mourning+into+dancing+23x30cm.jpg\" width=\"159\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>These past few weeks have been difficult for reasons I am not at liberty to explain. Suffice it to say people I love have been facing pain-filled circumstances and I have been spending what free moments I have praying to Christ that these loved ones might understand His immeasurable love surrounds and lifts them.<\/p>\n<p>This afternoon after running some errands, I parked our van in front of our home and was going to indulge myself in a few moments of sorrow. Just then, a small girl emerged from a house across the street, a house I know to be filled with pain and sadness.<br><a name=\"more\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><br>She was dressed in light purple snowsuit and bright pink boots. Her blond hair peeked out from her white woolen hat. She\u00a0 began dancing in the snow; the joy on her face and in her small body was palpable. I thought of the words of<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/nab\/bible\/psalms\/psalm30.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> Psalm 30<\/a>,<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>I praise you, LORD,\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>for you raised me up and\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>did not let my enemies rejoice over me.<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><i><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>O LORD, my God, I cried out to you and you healed me.\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>LORD, you brought me up from Sheol; you kept me\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>from going down to the pit.<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><i><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i><br><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>Sing praise to the LORD, you faithful;<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>give thanks to God\u2019s holy name.<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><i><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>For divine anger lasts but a moment;<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>divine favor lasts a lifetime.\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>At dusk weeping comes for the night;<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>but at dawn there is rejoicing.<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i><br><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>Complacent, I once said,<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>\u201cI shall never be shaken.\u201d<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><i><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>LORD, when you showed me favor<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>I stood like the mighty mountains.<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>But when you hid your face<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>I was struck with terror.<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><i><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i><br><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>To you, LORD, I cried out;<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>with the Lord I pleaded for mercy:<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><i><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>\u201cWhat gain is there from my lifeblood,<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>\u00a0from my going down to the grave?\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>Does dust give you thanks<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>or declare your faithfulness?<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><i><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>Hear, O LORD, have mercy on me;<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>LORD, be my helper.<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i><br><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>You changed my mourning into dancing;\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>you took off my sackcloth\u00a0<\/i><i>and clothed me with gladness.<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i><\/i><i>With my whole being I sing endless praise to you.<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><i>O LORD, my God, forever will I give you thanks.<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>And so I left the van and headed into my home, grateful for my husband and children and for Christ, who never abandons us. <i><br><\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/6738513599344023043-6869881843677407778?l=yimcatholic.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These past few weeks have been difficult for reasons I am not at liberty to explain. 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