A little over a year ago, I sat in the church pew during worship in tears. I was very angry at God, and spent a significant portion of the worship service accusing Him of abandoning my family. My 17-year old daughter was pregnant, and I was bitter, angry, and mourning so many things. As a parent, one of my greatest fears was that my daughter would get pregnant as a teenager. I had prayed diligently and talked frequently to my daughter about it, yet despite my best efforts it still happened.
Fast forward 7 months to March. I was at the same pew that Sunday, holding my precious grand baby. We stood up and started singing the song “This is how we overcome”, and I was swaying back and forth with Nora to the beat. when we got to he Chorus, “You have turned my mourning into dancing, you have turned my sorrow into joy”, I was overwhelmed with emotions. And there I was, crying tears of unimaginable joy. God had not abandoned us. He took a crappy situation, and brought blessings beyond what I could ever comprehend. Where I had once mourned, I was now dancing. And where there were once tears of sorrow, there were now tears of joy.
Best worship experience ever.