Job 30:31, “My harp is tuned to morning, and my flute to the sound of wailing.”
For Job, his misery was so consuming that the only music his heart heard was that of mourning and wailing. His life had become a funeral dirge- a sad, sad song. Possibly, Job had a harp and a flute, and possibly he loved to play them musically. Yet every time he went to play the instruments the only tunes that came from them were tunes of grief.
That’s the way grief is! It is consuming! It consumes every area of your life and turns it into mourning. Your mind and heart will not let go of your grief and turn everything into pain and loss. During these times of grieving, there is no escape. You go to bed consumed with grief. If you can sleep, you wake up with grief consuming you instantly. At times you feel like a zombie, as grief consumes you and you go through the motion of life in numbness.
As I’ve read recently, “Nothing is better for the blues, than the blues.” The writer was talking about the musical genre, the blues. Sometimes misery loves company and even though the harp and the flute are “tuned to mourning,” just keep playing the music of your heart until you notice a change. It may take a while for your heart music to change, but keep playing, change will come eventually.
Psalm 30:11, “You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,” NLT
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