Pain and the Trials of Life

I managed to sit down and write most of my sermon from Habakkuk 3:17-19 today ...I have been really challenged by reflecting on the mans faith ..... Life for Habakkuk was pretty dire and God had told him that it was going to get worse !!.....And what what his response ...

"Yet I will rejoice in the LORD,I will joy in the God of my salvation.The LORD God is my strength;"

I know lots of Christian men and women who have experienced much pain and many of life's trials and yet they remain faithful to the God who is their rock ....who is their strength.

They know in their hearts the words of the psalmist..

"God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble . Therefore we will not fear, ( Psalm 46:1)