From Mourning to Dancing (Psalm 30:8-12) | Rev. Herman Moldez, Feb 15, 2026

Life is not friend as we wish it to be. We will be hurt. We will mourn our pain. But God, in His faithfulness will wash our sorrow as we cry for mercy. He will put a new song in our hearts to lift us up to dance with joy.

Journeys in life are not always easy. Sometimes it is the mountain peak of Hallelujah. But often it's going through the valley of sorrow. We suffer losses. We struggle down the pit, nursing our pain.

Jesus calls us to take up our cross to follow him. We need a proper perspective.

Let's learn to embrace seasons of grief. Our tendency is to escape the pain, trying to forget the hurts of life. But in resisting we only repress it to appear with ugly face. The beginning of healing is the humble acceptance of life's reality to cry for God's mercy.

Suffering is an experience of spiritual growth. If we could see our little problem in the larger perspective of God's love, then we learn to trust and slowly transform. We know God more deeply not in success but in suffering. Pain purifies the false self to grow our true self, created in the image of Christ.

If we accept hurt to allow God to heal us, grieving becomes a place of growing to be equipped with songs of gladness to endure the difficult path. Deep mourning of lament leads to a whirling dance of joy. God's mercy washes sorrow to strengthen hope for the journey.

"Lord, let our brokenness become a blessing. Lead us to discover the hidden joy in our sorrow."

What prevents your shifting from mourning to dancing?