Yeah, well my sighs are for dramatic pause. I do it well. I even throw in an eyeroll or two . . . by email, by IM, and on the phone.
But sometimes people's sighs are more meaningful than mine. A sigh can be a moan of a soul looking for relief and comfort. It can be an escape valve to release the pressure. A sigh can be the groan of a heavy heart.
God gives His people hope in Isaiah 51:11. They had done wrong and ended up in hard place – captured by enemies. A loving God reminds them of who He is and what He has already done. Then He brings it home in this verse letting them know that they will be set free from captivity, filled with joy, and delivered from sadness.
So the ransomed of the LORD shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness;
Sorrow and sighing shall flee away. Isaiah 51:11 NKJV
God reveals His heart about what He wants for His people. You've gotta love it. I may not wear a tiara for being a sigh runner-up (insert eyeroll here), but I can be crowned with joy. God gives joy and gladness. What an awesome promise from an awesome God. And when that dynamic duo comes, we have to serve sorrow and sighing their papers . . . as in you don't have to go home but you've got to get the heck up out of here. I don't know, I picture sorrow and sighing picking up their robes so they won't drag the ground as they quickly put a distance between me and them. I'm okay with that. Sayonara. (insert sigh of relief here).
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