Surrounded With Song

Psalm 32:7 “You shall surround me with songs of deliverance” Someone has said that when faith is strong, troubles become trifles. That doesn’t mean our troubles aren’t real, or that we act as if they didn’t exist. God takes them seriously-so seriously that He sent Jesus Christ into the world to deal with their root cause, which is sin. But just as Jesus Triumphed over death, so He helps us triumph over trouble. Even in the midst of troubles, Jesus is able to “turn their mourning into joy” -Jeremiah 31:13. How does it happen? By looking in faith to God and reminding ourselves that He has not abandoned us and that God has plans for our future. God can even give us an optimistic spirit-somewhat like the Englishman I heard about during World War II who stood looking at the deep hole in the ground where his bombed-out home had once stood. “I always did want a basement, I did,” he said. “Now I can jolly well build another house like I always wanted!”