Our Daily Bread

It is good for me that,I have been afflicted,that i may learn Your statutes,

Psalms 119:71

A woman who losty her husband of 40 yrs to a sudden heart attack said that resulting grief had caused her to value Love more.

When she heard a couple arguing she sometimes spoke to them,saying,"You don't have time for this." She noted that the wasted moments in all our lives become more precious when they can not be repeated. Grief changes our perspective on life.It is trite but true that how we deal with sorrow will make us either bitter or better.In remarkable statement,the psalmist actually thanked God for a difficult experience: "Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now i keep your word,,,, It is good for me that i have been afflicted,that i may learn your statutes We don't know the nature of the psalmist's affliction but the positive outcome was a longing to obey the Lord and hunger for His Word. Rarely can we use this truth to comfort those who hurt,Instead ,it is the Lords word to us from His compassionate heart and the touch from His healing hand. When we grieve, it feels more like dying than growing. But as God wraps His loving arms around us,we have the assurance of His faithful care.



 

I have been through the valley of weeping.

The valley of sorrow and pain:

But the God of all comfort was with me

At hand to uphold and sustain.

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints, Psalms 116:15