joy comes in the morning.

How was your day?

Really, how was it?

I get it. Not everything went your way today.

You were running late. You yelled at your children. You forgot to take out the trash. Your husband forgot to run the dishwasher last night. You're being pulled in a million different directions and nobody seems to understand that there's only one of you. 

You feel frazzled. You feel frustrated. You feel worn out. You're just tired. But there is hope.

There may be pain in the night but joy comes in the morning.

That's what God's word tells us. Tomorrow is a new day. 

I love The Voice translation of Psalm 30:5 - "...The deepest pains may linger through the night, but joy greets the soul with the smile of morning."

Then in Lamentations 3:22-23 - "...His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning..." 

How awesome is that? 

Your day may not be going as planned. Everything could be going wrong. You may just want to start today over. Well, God says you get to start over tomorrow. Today may have been horrible, but joy comes in the morning. You may have messed up today, but His mercies are new every morning.

It's okay that today wasn't what you wanted it to be. Get some rest. Go to sleep. Wake up tomorrow morning with joy & start again.