Are you now able to say that it was good that you were afflicted?

We often times are not able to see the goodness of the Lord, when we are going through difficult times. All that we are able to see is the situation, we allow it to cloud God’s goodness, his mercy and his grace. But, when God brings us through them and we see just how good he has been to us, the situations that he saves us from and even sometimes from ourselves, we have no choice but to sing his praises and to shout with joy, that, it was good that I have been afflicted, because it taught me the fear of the Lord. It taught me to fully trust in God and to lean upon him in times of trouble. Thank you, Lord!