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What Shall I Say?

Posted by jerrywhite on Oct 12, 2009

“When she [Sarah Edwards] heard that her husband Jonathan had died of a smallpox vaccination at the age of fifty-four, leaving her with ten children, she wrote to her daughter:
What shall I say? A holy and good God has covered us with a dark cloud. O that     we may kiss the rod and lay our hands on our mouths! The Lord has done it. He     has made me adore His goodness, that we had him so long. But my God lives; and     He has my heart. O what a legacy my husband, and your father, has left us. We     are all given to God; and there I am and love to be. “
John Piper
Brothers, We Are Not Professionals, 95
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And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”
In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.

Job 1:21-22 (ESV)
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Can God, who gave His all for you, ever do wrong by you? Shall you accept the good from His hand and then charge Him with wrong doing when something does not go your way? Shall you thank Him when He blesses you with what you approve but not thank Him when it seems bad and painful for you? Is He worthy of praise only when His acts please you? His chosen way for you is always good and perfect and best. He is evermore worthy of thanksgiving and praise, even in the darkest times. Your trust in the dark so pleases your Heavenly Father. Your praise in pain honors Him.

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