A continuing theme

I wrote almost a year ago about the death of our pastor's granddaughter. Since then, Amanda has begun following The Pipers blog. Last Friday they welcomed Morrow John Piper into the world. (The Pipers wrote about how they choose the names of their kids here.) As I wrote in the previous post, their new joy is mixed with the grief of the loss of Felicity not yet a year ago. Pastor John puts it well in this poem.

Though weeping tarry through the night
And darkness deepens sorrow,
Felicity awaits the Dawn
And joy comes on the Morrow.
--John Piper

Psalm 30:5
For his anger is but for a moment,
and his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may tarry for the night,
but joy comes with the morning.

See both Pastor John's and The Pipers' announcements.