Monday... But we can change.

There is so much about us that strives to bring us down. Our emotions have so much power. The book of Psalms shows that we can lament, we can mourn but it also shows that we don't need to stay there, we can change.

Psalm 30:11 (NLT) says, "You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy."

Now you realize don't you that if you have gotten your clothes dirty you can change them? That is one of the jobs of our mother. And that is one of the tasks of our God. And David the writer of many of the Psalms is someone who knows all about changing bad times into good, of changing mourning into dancing.

But some like the mourning. There is getting attention in there but verse 12 tells us the reason why we need to change our clothes of mourning into clothes of joy. It says "that I might sing praise to you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever."

It is interesting that we end the month of October celebrating fear and go into November celebrating thanks and then into December celebrating joy. Now that is great picture of changing our clothes, changing our emotions, of changing our view of life, isn't it?

Verses 11-12 in the Amplified Bible says, "You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever."

So let's let Him change our sackcloth and clothe us with joy so that we will give thanks to Him forever. Yes, we can change. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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