{"id":21681,"date":"2014-09-07T00:15:27","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T04:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=21681"},"modified":"2016-01-04T14:52:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T19:52:30","slug":"morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/07\/morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Before The Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Do you wonder why you have to<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Feel the things that hurt you<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> If there&#8217;s a God who loves you<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Where is He now<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Maybe there are things you can&#8217;t see<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And all those things are happening<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> To bring a better ending<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Some day, some how, you&#8217;ll see, you&#8217;ll see<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Would dare you, would you dare, to believe<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> That you still have a reason to sing<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> &#8216;Cause the pain that you&#8217;ve been feeling<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Can&#8217;t compare to the joy that&#8217;s coming<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">So hold on, you got to wait for the light<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Press on, just fight the good fight<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Because the pain you&#8217;ve been feeling<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> It&#8217;s just the dark before the morning<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">My friend, you know how this all ends<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And you know where you&#8217;re going<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You just don&#8217;t know how you get there<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> So say a prayer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And hold on, &#8217;cause there&#8217;s good for those who love God<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Life is not a snapshot, it might take a little time<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But you&#8217;ll see the bigger picture<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Once you feel the way of glory<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> All your pain will fade to memory<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Once you feel the way of glory<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> All your pain will fade to memory<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Memory, memory, yeah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/New8i_eX3x8?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0Singer \/ Songwriter: Josh Wilson with Ben Glover<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are times when I question God. In my sinful nature, I say, &#8220;If He is good, why is this happening and why does it feel so bad?&#8221; \u00a0(Are you with me?) \u00a0And &#8220;If He loves me so much, why would He allow me to hurt?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The answer is that there is sin in the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Lord saw how great man\u2019s sin on the earth had become,<br \/>\nand that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.<br \/>\nGenesis 6:5<\/p>\n<p>But He didn&#8217;t leave it this way, He sent a Savior so that joy could replace sorrow.<\/p>\n<p>See, in our minds, we can only see the picture up close. \u00a0Our problems seem so big, and at the time they are. \u00a0It feels sometimes that the mountain that is in front of us will be there forever. \u00a0But God is still writing our stories. \u00a0He knows the ending and He sees our lives with a different view. \u00a0He is trustworthy and good. He loves you so much that He can&#8217;t get enough of you.<\/p>\n<p>The hope in this song is this: <em><strong>You <\/strong><\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>can<\/strong><\/span><em><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> dare to believe that you still have a reason to sing\u00a0<\/span>&#8212;\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>to sing His praises! \u00a0&#8216;<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Cause the pain that you&#8217;ve been feeling can&#8217;t<\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0compare to the joy<\/span><\/em>\u00a0that He has for you. \u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You&#8217;ve got to wait for the light&#8230;p<\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">ress on<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0and<strong> keep<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">fighting the good fight b<\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">ecause the pain you&#8217;ve been\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">dealing with is just the hurt before the healing and\u00a0<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">the dark before the morning<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As God promises in Psalm 16:11, &#8220;You make known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your Presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.&#8221; \u00a0He <em>will<\/em> fill us with joy and He <em>will<\/em> give us flickers\u00a0of light when we are in a season of darkness and He <em>will<\/em> bring us out victoriously.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.<br \/>\nPsalm 40:5<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Let us pray<\/strong><\/span>: Dear God, You are so good. \u00a0You wrote each one of our stories with a beautiful ending. \u00a0Thank You for Your grace and mercy and patience when we doubt Your perfect plan. \u00a0We only see what is in front of us, so we ask that You increase our faith and endurance. \u00a0Give us the strength to keep on fighting the fight and give us the willingness to stay on the right path. \u00a0And most of all, we thank You for the Joy that comes in the morning all because of Your precious Son saving us from ourselves. \u00a0We love you. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; 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