Ah my deare angrie Lord,
Since thou dost love, yet strike;
Cast down, yet help afford;
Sure I will do the like.
I will complain, yet praise;
I will bewail, approve:
And all my sowre-sweet dayes
I will lament, and love.
George Herbert 1633
Or as the apostle Paul put it for all the saints who are fighting for joy in this fallen world of pain and suffering, we live and minister "as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing" 2 Cor.6:10
excerpt taken from When The Darkness Does Not Lift by John Piper
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2 comments:
very true, in this fallen world there is a lot to be sorrowful about but we have the Lord to rejoice in and that is a comforting thought. :-)
But thou,
O LORD,
art a shield for me;
my glory,
and the lifter up of mine head.
Psalm 3:3
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