I’ve always loved long summer days. As a child, being able to play outside after dinner was the epitome of delight. As an adult, the extra hours of sunlight cause me to feel less hurried—as if I actually have more time in my day.

But long days are not always a good thing. We use the phrase, “I’ve had a long day” to indicate an exhausting and difficult day. Long days, like everything else, contain aspects of both beauty and brokenness, joy and sadness, difficulty and delight. Jen Oshman, in this month’s featured article, shares how a particular season for her family was simultaneously filled with both kinds of long days—the delightful and the difficult.

Whatever type of long day you find yourself experiencing, we share in this hope—one day, Jesus will fix all that is broken, remove all that is sad, and lift all that is difficult. In fact, he promises that all who belong to him will live in the joy of an unending day.

Looking forward to that day with you,