Sorrow is a a vital response to loss. It is vital because it holds healing in it’s hands. Healing can make you whole again. When the loss start to bite it becomes painful, The pain will continue until you stop resisting the reality of the loss. Unless you accept and acknowledge the loss sorrow takes over. Nature has a process that it tries to take us through when we are face with a loss. Tears is a start of the healing. But before the healing can bring wholeness we have to let go of that emotion we feel over the loss. Although nobody wants to feel sad, at a deeper level, when facing loss, everyone should want the genuine experience of sadness. Because sorrow is not the endpoint! It is the gateway to healing.

There are simple things to having a good day, and you don’t have to have any money. After a loss we don’t feel like any day is a good day. But with a little willingness it can turn out to be a great day. You are in charge of your mind not your feelings. you can choose what you think, how you want to feel, and what you want to do. You can start by doing something nice for yourself. Something that will bring a smile. Like just enjoying the day. Want cause you nothing but a smile.

Having a good day doesn’t have to be impossible. Even when things doesn’t go as planned, you still can have a good day. It is still possible to have a day you enjoyed. It is all in the way you see it, you either want a good day or a bad day. Life comes with many obstacles especially loss, but there is light in the darkness. Find the beauty that’s around you. Realize that a good day is possible any day you want it to be. Mourning is a period of deep sadness when someone passes away. The loss of a loved one can be a profoundly painful experience. The grief that follows may permeate everything, making it hard to eat, sleep, or muster much interest in the life going on around you.

This emotional storm can affect behavior and judgment. It’s common, to feel agitated or exhausted, to sob unexpectedly, or to withdraw from the world. Some people find themselves struggling with feelings of sorrow, numbness, anger, guilt, or despair. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve curled up in bed with tears on my pillow and reminded myself that joy comes in the morning. I have a moment just me and God, a safe place to let out all of the heavy emotions. I talk to Him, let the tears flow, and allow God’s peace soak into the deepest parts of me. Even in the midst of my darkest hours, Jesus is right there with me. Joy can be too for you.

 Psalm 30:5: “Tells after a time of spiritual darkness joy will be restored.” I have seen this in my own life. Some nights are long and dark, but after a night of crying out to the Lord, joy fills my heart when I awake. Other times those dark nights turn into a string of dark days. As I allowed God to meet me in my pain, my joy was restored. When I fully surrendered my life to Jesus and quit trying to fix everything myself, the joy of the Lord filled my heart once again. I have seen many dark days, yet I have also seen the goodness of God and His hand at work. I can promise you; joy does come.

Jesus didn’t experience joy because of the pain of the cross or the shame heaped upon Him, but He did endure horrible circumstances for the joy that came out of it. He chose to walk in obedience to God because of the joy set before Him. The joy of the resurrection. The joy of making a way for us to be free and experience new life. He endured hostility so we will not grow weary and lose heart. We can experience joy in the midst of our worst circumstances because true joy is found in the Lord and the Lord alone; we must look to Jesus, abide in Him and ask Him to fill us with joy.

Abiding with Jesus means spending time with Him. As we spend time with Him, we allow His truth and love to fill our weary hearts and fill us with joy. God longs to honor you even in your sufferings. See His faithfulness, even when your emotions are tossed to and fro by grief. Allow him to comfort you by the Holy Spirit. God does not promise to keep us from all sadness, but He does promise that His joy is always waiting for us on the other side. It is an essential element of His nature, and those who put their trust in Him can find joy even in the toughest circumstances because they know that God is bigger, and they trust Him to bring them out. Now turn your sorrow into a good day, and your mourning into joy.