Today, my dear brother forwarded me a text message which gave me great comfort.

"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 precious seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them" Psalm 126:3-6

With God, our sorrows are neither wasted nor worthless. Instead, our sorrows, in the Lord, are made productive and precious, for God cherishes deeply the seeds of sorrow we sow, and He rewards us richly with a harvest of joy. It is a worthy endeavour to learn how to sorrow, not as the world sorrows, but to sorrow in the Lord, because in God's economy, sorrow becomes, by His miracle of grace, the price we pay for joy.