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!!! note "Psalm 30:5"

<h2 id="meditation"><span class="heading-wear-glyph">Meditation</span> <a href="#meditation" class="heading-anchor">#</a></h2> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="admonition-title">Psalm 30:5</p> <p>For there is a moment in his anger; there is a lifetime in his favor. Weeping lodges for the evening, but in the morning comes rejoicing.</p> </div> <p>I&rsquo;m not sure how to feel about the thoughts in my head over this verse and meditation this morning, only because I am so tempted to read my present-life situation into it. Lately work has been the worst, I&rsquo;ve written a few notes about it and I&rsquo;m not even sure what I&rsquo;ve published on my own blog over the last couple months because my brain has been in such chaos. Well, a few things changed in regards to leadership, goals, etc. and the anxiety-inducing situation I was thrust into I was <a href="/kind/" class="glossary-term" title="kind - kubernetes in docker" data-hover-title="kind">kind</a> of thrust out of. Now, there&rsquo;s some lingering work and support but the weight that was lifted from my shoulder the other day, and the further relief I actually expect to feel as the corporate roadmaps get serialized into dozens of PowerPoint presentations to be lost in Outlook mailboxes, is very timely with the notion that &ldquo;joy comes in the morning&rdquo;.</p> <p>I found myself wishing for joy the other day&hellip; I was watching a YouTube video and the clip used the phrase &ldquo;operationalize joy&rdquo;. It was a guy talking about how he tries to live each day doing what makes him happy - overall nothing too sinister. However, the step I took for a few minutes in my head was a step in the direction of trying to maximize joy in my life, rather than trying to maximize Jesus - the one who gives the joy. By God&rsquo;s grace conviction seized my heart, and frankly I&rsquo;m still not sure what to do day-to-day as I wrestle with my own &ldquo;stuff&rdquo; but the objective truth that our reality is fundamentally held together by is simply Jesus Christ. Jesus loves me, joy does come in the morning, and this Psalm wasn&rsquo;t written to me about my work situation in 2026, but God&rsquo;s peace is given to his people through his everlasting word. Praise the Lord for the Word this morning, for encouragement, for relief both temporary/today and eternal/tomorrow. By God&rsquo;s grace alone does weeping spend the night, but his gracious joy comes with the morning.</p> Nic Payne https://pype.dev