Psalm 34:1 - His praise will always be on my lips
 | I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. |
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I just got done reading Marie @Miniature Claypot's post about her experience on the shooting that happened @ a theater in Colorado. Her post have been controversial in blogland after the horrifying incident. Her blog is very inspiring because instead of blaming God, she chose to give praise, but ofcourse we cannot always please our readers, we do not all think alike....some people even tried twisting the whole intent of her writing.
Her post reminded me of a facebook post "You just can't stop some people from shining no matter how their situation or others bring them down" from ELEVEN blog followers and 30 facebook friends, it sky rocketed to a thousand plus....I believe it is one of God's way of comforting her....
Matthew 5:10-12 “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
These days you would see very few people praising the Lord while/after going through a painful experience. You would rather hear whinning and them questioning God. Asking Him why it has to be them to experience the pain. But the bible says in James 5:13 Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise....And in Romans 5:3-5 (NIV) 3 Not only so, but we[a] also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
Anyone who has a very intimate relationship with the Lord CAN praise his name in the midst of crisis.
Romans 5:3-5
"We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love." (NLT)
Romans 5:3-5
"We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love." (NLT)
These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold--though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.
She wanted to give comforting words and encouragement to others who may have been going through the same phase in life....2 Corinthians 1:4 ...who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
She is lucky to have survived the shooting with her children and it made her draw closer to God.
She helped me be reminded of how Big our God is compared to our troubles. That as a daughter of God, Praise should ALWAYS be on my lips.
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