My parents became Christians when I was around 5 years old. And a song I learned way back then popped into my head a couple of days ago & it's so comforting - "We bring the sacrifice of praise unto the house of the Lord / And we offer up to you the sacrifices of thanksgiving / And we offer up to you the sacrifices of joy"
So timely as I'm learning to choose joy and praise Him when things are challenging. I love that the words I sang as a child are now full with meaning and ministering to my heart. I think of this song as I open my Bible or sing a worship song when a discouraging thought or worry tempts me to lose my focus. Truth and praise makes our enemy shudder and flee. My battle for joy gets shorter the faster I turn to Him and praise His name.
Another song I learned when I was little went like this, "He gave me beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that we might be trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified."
I don't really think much about God being glorified in my suffering, but I know that He is when I cast my burdens on Him and praise in the midst of the storms of life.
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