Friday, April 16, 2010

Praising During the Hard Times

Bizarre as it sounds, the ministry of praising God's goodness, wisdom, and love during times of pain and heartache is a beautiful expression of faith in action, a living expression of trust that "God makes all things work together for the good of those who have been called according to his decree."

In his moving little book, Our Heavenly Father, Dr. Robert Frost writes, "There is nothing more precious to God than our praise during affliction. Not praise for what the devil has done, but praise for the redeeming power of our loving heavenly Father. What he does not protect us from, He will perfect us through. There is indeed a special blessing for those who do not become offended at God during adversity Furthermore, we become a special blessing to Him!"

Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
For I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

Psalm 43:5

Selection from Reflections for Ragamuffins by Brennan Manning

2 comments:

Annael said...

Ah lovely blog name: Crooked Knees, it will always keep your being as a humble one. I will keep following your blog dear. I liked YOUR prayer so much. Bless you!

I love Jesus...what more can I say.

Sifar Anel

Anonymous said...

I liked this reading. Thanks.