| Finding the Way |
Chapter 18 |
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Nowhere in the Bible can we find either ingratitude or joylessness commanded or commended. All ungrateful feelings and dispositions are condemned. A great deal is said in disapproval of murmuring, discontent, worrying, and all forms of ingratitude. Again and again we are taught that joy is the keynote of a true life. It is not enough to rejoice when the sun shines, when all things are going well with us, when we are in the midst of prosperity; we are to rejoice as well when clouds hide the blue sky, when our circumstances seem to be adverse, or when we are passing through sufferings. In one of the Psalms, the writer says:
“I will bless Jehovah at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.”
He had learned to sing in the hours of pain as well as in the times of gladness. That is the way the Christian should do – nothing should hush his song or choke the voice of thanksgiving and praise.
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