2009-12-18T09:05:51-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/sadness http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/dispelling-the-fog-5985 2009-12-18T09:05:51-05:00 Praise acknowledges a sun that is shining even when the fog is the heaviest. If this is a dark time, don't deepen your sadness by ignoring the Lord, or abandoning the Lord, or turning on the Lord. This is a time to throw yourself on His goodness; a time to ask Him for the grace to praise Him for all that He still is, all that He's done, and all that He is going to do. As Amy said, "Praise lifts the sadness." It dispels the fog. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2030:11&version=KJV 2009-09-24T16:17:01-05:00 God not only lifts our sorrow and despair, but he gives us a new reason to rejoice and be happy. This verse praises God for transforming despair into dancing.