MIXED EMOTIONS - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2025

Our Daily Bread - Wednesday, December 30, 2015
by RBC Ministries

Details

MIXED EMOTIONS

READ:

Even in laughter the heart may sorrow, and the end of mirth may be grief.
-Proverbs 14:13

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Zechariah 13-14
Revelation 21

For Marlene and me, "mixed emotions" precisely describe our wedding. Don't take that the wrong way. It was a wonderful event that we continue to celebrate more than 35 years later. The wedding celebration, however, was dampened because Marlene's mom died of cancer just weeks before. Marlene's aunt was a wonderful stand-in as the "mother of the bride," but, in the midst of our happiness, something clearly wasn't right. Mom was missing, and that affected everything.
That experience typifies life in a broken world. Our experiences here are a mixed bag of good and bad, joy and pain - a reality that Solomon expressed when he wrote, "Even in laughter the heart may sorrow, and the end of mirth may be grief"(Proverbs 14:13). The merry heart often does grieve, for that is what this life sometimes demands.
Thankfully, however, this life is not all there is. And in the life that is to come, those who know Christ have a promise: "God will wipe away every tear from their eyes;there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away"(Revelation 21:4). In that great day, there will be no mixed emotions - only hearts filled with the presence of God!-Bill Crowder
Peace! peace! wonderful peace,
Coming down from the Father above,
Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray,
In fathomless billows of love. - Cornell

For the Christian, the dark sorrows of earth will one day be changed into the bright song of heaven.

More From Our Daily Devotional Archives

Open Heavens
for Tuesday, December 10, 2013
by Pastor E.A Adeboye

VICTIM OF COMFORT?

Just as your attention can be arrested by certain things while undergoing a physical journey, so also can you attention be diverted while running the race to Heaven. One of such things that can divert Heaven-bound citizens is prosperity. Prosperity can give you a lot of comfort which can affect your focus, reduce...More

The LORD is near
for Friday, December 27, 2013
by Jacob Redekop, Brian Reynolds, John van Dijk, Eugene P. Vedder Jr

THE NON-LYING GOD (2)

In the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time, but has manifested in its own due season His word.
(Titus 1:2-3)

THE NON-LYING GOD (2)
I can lie. Titus could too, and so could the Cretans. But God can not lie. I can deceive. But...More

Open Heavens
for Saturday, October 4, 2014
by Pastor E.A Adeboye

SOCIAL DEVIANTS!

A Christian can be described as a little Christ. While on earth, Christ exhibited integrity in all His utterances and actions. He said His children would do greater works. Are you born-again? Are you a true child of God? With self-discipline and appropriate preparation, you can become effective in exhibiting...More