[Sorry I've not posted in awhile. Life got busy. And click here for Hardest Spiritual Lesson #1 Let Go and #2 Prunings.]
Learning to Praise and Trust God Anyway
I think one of the hardest lessons to learn - and one of the greatest indicators of humility - is learning to praise God, to trust Him, and to cling to Him in the painful hard times.
It's easy to be thankful and to trust Him and to “sing His praises” when things are going our way and when we have more than enough (which is why I wonder about the level of spiritual maturity and commitment of those who are richly blessed on earth with success and money and power and who have not been broken by the trials and hard times). But it is so hard to do this when we are in the “desert times” of our lives and when we feel like life is letting us down, like God is letting us down, and like we have been abandoned by Him.
Learning to praise Him and trust Him (and glorify Him) in the painful hard times is part of the journey of faith... and it can only be learned through painful hard times.
It can only be learned ...