After years of a remarkable and   fruitful ministry in India, Amy Carmichael became bedridden. As the courageous founder and dynamic heart of the Dohnavur Fellowship, she had been instrumental in rescuing hundreds of girls and boys from a terrible life of sexual servitude.

While she carried on her rescue operation of bringing young people into spiritual freedom through faith in Jesus Christ, she wrote books and poems that are still blessing readers around the world.

Then Amy began to suffer from extremely painful arthritis. Did she bemoan her affliction or question God? No. Amy was still the guiding inspiration of Dohnavur, and she still kept on writing. Her meditations, letters and poems are filled with praise to God and encouragement to her fellow pilgrims.

When affliction strikes us, how do we react? Are we embittered, or do we trustfully appropriate God’s sustaining grace? (2 Cor. 12:9). And through the Spirit, do we prayerfully encourage those around us by our cheerfulness, our courage and our confidence in God?

When we rely on the Lord, He will help us turn pain into praise.

Praise is the response of people who are set free.

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vernon c. grounds

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