“Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness.”
The Fog
This psalmist names a genuine, comprehensive transformation here, worth examining directly, mourning into dancing, sackcloth removed, gladness given, worth holding as this movement’s own testimony that genuine fog, honestly endured, can actually, genuinely give way to this described, comprehensive change.
Notice thou hast turned, past tense, worth holding as testimony already, genuinely accomplished, not merely hoped for future possibility, worth trusting this psalmist’s own actual experience as available pattern, this same transformation genuinely, actually possible in your own honest story as well.
This is worth applying as genuine encouragement for whatever mourning currently, honestly describes your own season, worth trusting that this psalmist’s own testimony, mourning genuinely turned to dancing, remains available, not a promise exclusively for someone else’s story but genuinely, actually yours too.
Whatever mourning currently, honestly characterizes your own season, receive today this psalmist’s own testimony as genuine hope, trusting that this same transformation, mourning turned to dancing, sackcloth removed, gladness given, remains genuinely, actually available and possible for your own honest story.
Walk Through the Fog
- Name honestly whatever mourning currently describes your own season.
- Receive this psalmist’s own testimony as genuine hope for your own story, not merely someone else’s.
- Trust that this comprehensive transformation remains genuinely, actually possible for you.
Prayer
Lord, turn my own mourning into dancing, as you turned this psalmist’s. Put off my sackcloth, and gird me with gladness, trusting this transformation genuinely possible for me too. Amen.
Carry this today
Genuine, comprehensive transformation from mourning to dancing remains actually possible.