Our spring worship takes us to five Psalms that paint a picture of God’s people finding joy in the middle of all life gives us. When we take a step back from our relentless pace, we look back to see God’s goodness to us. And he is good! So good, in fact, that if we gaze at how good he is, we will burst with tears of joy. And that pause, that kind of joy, gets us ready to live into the future God lays out for us.
This week we will be looking at how joy and gladness intersect with the sorrows and difficulties we face in life. The Psalms are filled with not only rejoicing, but tears, sadness, grief and loss. Last week Psalm 126 declared, “Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy.” What does this look like? Can God really bring joy out of our most painful experiences in life?