Grace, Mercy, and Peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
David concludes Psalm 30 by saying that God has turned his mourning into dancing. Earlier he says that weeping may tarry in the night, but joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30 is a resurrection Psalm. The psalmist has escaped death and his only response is dance and to sing joyfully to Yahweh. Is there a better picture of the resurrection of our Lord? When death seems to have defeated our Lord, when Mary Magdelene weeps in the tomb, Jesus appears, hope emerges, mourning turns into dancing, and out of darkness, light. The resurrection calls us, according to Psalm 30 to reject silence and to sing praises for Christ has died, but Christ is risen! Amen.
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