A SORROWFUL THOUGHT
Today's reading: Ecclesiastes 7-8

"Sorrow is better than laughter, for sadness has a refining influence on us." Ecclesiastes 7:3 NLT

Bleak. Dark. Dreary. Morose. Solemn. Sullen.

True. Genuine. Honest. Sure-enough. Indisputable.

It's a hard call, isn't it? Wanting laughter, ease or bliss versus a life characterized by the refining nature of Christ--a life sorted, prioritized and clean-up.

But it's a fact. The toughest times, the hardest blows, the most strenuous climbs, the ugliest of days--and we, His children, come out purer, more like Him.