The Lord Hears The Cry's Of The Righteous

                                           Psalm 34:19
                   "Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but
                         the Lord delivereth him out of them all"

        This does not mean that the afflictions of the righteous are more numerous or more severe than the afflictions of other men, but that they are subjected to much suffering, and to many trials. Religion does not exempt us from suffering, but it sustains us in it. Religion does not deliver us from all trials in this life, but it supports us in our trials, which it teaches us to consider as a preparation for the life to come.
        There are, indeed, sorrows which are counted to the righteous, or which come upon us in virtue of our religion, as the trials of persecution; but there are sorrows, also, that are counted to the wicked such as are the effects of intemperance, dishonesty, crime. The latter are more numerous by far than the former; so therefore it is still true that the wicked suffer more than the righteous in this life.

        Amen!!

Reading: (Ps. 34:1-22)

                                        May God Bless You
                                         And Your Families

                                                        Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.
                                                        The Cross Life Ministry