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What I am talking about here is ordinary life.  We moan about things that go on - like “I have a cold, and my husband does too.”  We also give praise for things that happen - Thank God that truck didn’t hit us since it was going so fast.

It might not seem like praise at the time, but it is.  God is always pleased when He is thanked for something His has done for us out of His love.  It might not seem so easy to give Him praise in ordinary things, but praise can sneak up on you when you least expect it.  We have colds.  I give praise that we do not have the flu or something even more serious.  Yes, a simple cold is not simple -  coughing, sniffling, sneezing, chills will all make you miserable.  However, anything else ……I leave to your imagination.

I believe that we do not give God enough praise.  Sometimes it can be very hard to do, for example when you lose a friend.  We have lost three friends within the last 2 1/2 months. Jesse to lung cancer, Fred to throat cancer, Linda to pneumonia.  Yet, all three people loved the Lord and we know where they are now.  They are with Him in Heaven.  We can praise the Lord for His mercy that they do not hurt any longer.  We can praise Him that they are in a better place. I do not mean that in the way that others will mumble in order to placate someone, but spiritually is the way that I mean that.  Yes, we hurt because they are no longer with us.  I would rather they were in Heaven than here on earth, hurting, suffering, and in pain, though.

The title of this article is about regular life.  Life is composed of times to moan, times to laugh, times to cry, and times to celebrate.

I can not say it as clearly as is said in Ecclesiastes 3:1- 8.  It might be hard to find something positive in most situations, who am I kidding, it can be very hard at times.  I know from personal experience.  If all that we looked for in life was the negative, life wouldn’t be very good would it?

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