"May The Name Of The LORD Be Praised!"

When his horse died

(J.R. Miller, "Help for the Day")

"At this, Job got up and tore his robe 

and shaved his head. Then he fell to 

the ground in worship and said: 

Naked I came from my mother's 

womb, and naked I will depart. 

The LORD gave and the LORD 

has taken away; may the name 

of the LORD be praised!" Job 1:20-21

There are troubles or misfortunes 

which have already passed--

so why should we vex ourselves 

over these? We cannot help sorrowing 

when a loved one has been taken from us--

but why should we refuse to acquiesce 

in the will of GOD? 

When some misfortune has taken 

money from us, or when some turn 

in affairs has hurt our worldly interests--

why should we sit down and grieve 

over the loss?

Worry will not retrieve it, nor give 

us back the old favorable conditions! 

It is a great deal more sensible for us 

to face the fact of our diminished 

resources, or to accept the new 

and changed conditions--

adjusting ourselves to them, 

and go right on with our life.

He was a wise traveler who, 

when his horse died, said,
"Well, I must walk now," and
traveled on with cheerful energy.

"But one thing I do: Forgetting 
what is behind and straining toward 
what is ahead, I press on toward 
the goal to win the prize for which 
GOD has called me heavenward 
in CHRIST JESUS!" Philippians 3:13-14

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