The lectionary readings for Thanksgiving Day include Psalm 126. We will read this psalm responsively in our worship service on Sunday. I've been doing my share of crying recently. And so it is that I must take comfort from the words of promise found in this Psalm, especially the promise that "Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping, carrying seeds to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them." Right now it is so hard for me to see how the tears that I am sowing will germinate into songs of joy. But I must trust that God is able to transform my tears, my weaknesses, my failings, and my doubts into something worthy of joy ... something worth singing about. May the tears I am sowing by watered by God's love, mercy, and grace and be nurtured into a bountiful, joyful harvest.
Psalm 126
When the Lord restored the fortunes
of Zion,
we were like those who dreamed.
Our mouths were filled with
laughter,
our tongues with songs of joy.
Then it was said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for
them.”
The Lord has done great things for
us,
and we are filled with joy.
Restore our fortunes, Lord,
like streams in the Negev.
Those who sow with tears
will reap with songs of joy.
Those who go out weeping,
carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy,
carrying sheaves with them.
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