It is good that I have been afflicted that I may learn your statutes; for before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word, for you O Lord are good, and you do good. Psalm 119

“Afflictions, though they seem severe, in mercy oft are sent, they topped the prodigal son’s career and caused him to repent.” I love this song! It’s hard for people to see afflictions as blessings if they are not close with God. In times of affliction people of faith do not ask God why me, they say show me where I am wrong and put me back in my place. It takes affliction to bring many people to their knees, to remember that God is the Lord, and they never see the love of God in this affliction until it is passed, when God brings them through it, when they realize that this could have been the end, but God made it a new beginning, and therefore is happy to tell someone else, “ It is good that I had been afflicted, because before my affliction I was walking in my own wilful, but now I am walking in the ways of the Lord. Oh, glory be to God!