Thanks while in trouble ...

At the uncertain times we have whether it is our national economy, friends that are dying, or just uncertainty in what is the best next step, it helps for me to hear from a man named Paul. He wrote a number of letters included in the Bible. If the reader of these letters keeps in mind that Paul was constantly being arrested, beaten, and whipped for being a Christian it helps to keep this in mind as you read words like these from one of his letters:

But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads in every place the fragrance that comes from knowing him. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; to the one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things? For we are not peddlers of God’s word like so many; but in Christ we speak as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God and standing in his presence.

(2 Corinthians 2:14-17)

Thanking and praising God in the midst of trouble! It is times a challenge for me, but I constantly make up my mind to do so.

If you will, join me.

I will see you tomorrow ...