I found words of hope this weekend.

Weeping may remain for a night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning.
Psalm 30:5

Although I feel as though the morning of my soul has not yet come, I find comfort again in Psalm 139 - even the darkness will not be dark to You; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to You.


Beyond the Sorrow - Tammy Trent

I've just made it through the hardest weekend of the year for me - the annivesary of the day I lost my husband, Trent, in a diving accident. As a young married couple, we thought we'd have a long lifetime to grow old together. If you could see me sitting here, you'd see a woman who's still very broken. I must admit, there are still days when all I want to do is close the window shades and curl up on the couch praying that I'll wake up from this unbelievable dream that my life has become. I've traveled through grief and sorrow, and God keeps calling me to a new place, to take a step - just one step at a time - that will take me beyond the sorrow into His joy.


Psalm 30:5 as read by Tammy after her husband died.

Although you may mourn throughout the night and sorrow will endure throughout the night - probably throughout many nights, Tammy - My joy will always come in the morning. When you feel like you can't breathe, when you feel like you can't walk, when you can't see, when you can't get through the day... I'm still there carrying you. When you can't breathe one more time, then just rest your head on the pillow, and I'll be right there beside you. When you wake up the next morning, I'll be right there beside you. My joy will cover you. And joy will be the very thing that will bring you back to life again, because without it, you'll never survive this grief. Just trust Me, Tammy. Trust Me.


I am making a way in the desert.
Isaiah 43:19