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Christian Speaker & Writer Debra Amick Shares The Importance Of Praising God Through Pain

by Kriza Jo Tanduyan
written by Kriza Jo Tanduyan

Debra Amick, a Christian speaker and writer, emphasized the significance of praising God even amid pain. She shared her personal experience of losing her son and how it taught her the importance of continuing to praise God.

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In one of Debra Amick’s Instagram posts, she recounted an experience that helped her recognize the significance of praising God even in the midst of agonizing circumstances. After her 21-year-old son’s tragic death, she had refrained from visiting the location where he had passed away for several months.

“I just couldn’t bring myself to go,” she recalled.

However, one morning, she unexpectedly felt a strong desire to visit the site. Accompanied by her husband, they went together. At the location, they walked around, allowing themselves to cry and pray. As they made their way back home, a wave of questions flooded Debra’s mind. She described the experience as if her heart was shattering once more. As she walked to the kitchen, she felt like God was speaking these words to her: “I want you to praise me.” Then, she answered God that she didn’t feel like praising Him at that moment. And then God told her, “It’s not for me, it’s for you.”

Christian Speaker And Writer Debra Amick

Debra Amick [@debra.m.amick]. Praising God through Pain. Instagram, November 14, 2023, https://www.instagram.com/p/CzmhqD0LoTn/

There was Jesus

Eventually, she decided to play some praise music, and a song she had never heard before by Zach Williams and Dolly Parton called “There Was Jesus” began to play. As she listened to the lyrics, the challenging questions that had been troubling her on the drive home started to find their answers.

“ I felt God’s presence all around me and His love so tangibly,” she testified.

Here are some of the encouraging lyrics of the song:

In the waiting, in the searching
In the healing and the hurting
Like a blessing buried in the broken pieces
Every minute, every moment
Where I’ve been and where I’m going
Even when I didn’t know it or couldn’t see it
There was Jesus

She then gave a powerful reminder for everyone, “We are not going to have the opportunity to praise God through pain in eternity. That time is now. I don’t know what you’re going through today, but I do know that as you praise God…even by faith, even when it’s hard, you will be transformed.”

Watch the full video here.

Reference | Debra Amick

Header Image: Debra Amick [@debra.m.amick]. Praising God through Pain. Instagram, November 14, 2023, https://www.instagram.com/p/CzmhqD0LoTn/

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Christian Fox News Writer Shares Remarkable Encounter With Elderly Cashier

by Christel Berns
written by Christel Berns

A Fox News writer shared his remarkable encounter with a cashier in a Hallmark store. The encounter occuered when he had a complaint and the boss’s response changed his life.

The Elderly Cashier At The Counter

It was Christmas Eve when Joshua Rogers visited a Hallmark store. He said “hello” to the elderly cashier, but got no response. So once again, he said, “Merry Christmas!”

But still no response.

He continued, “That stuffed animal we’re buying is for our new baby – she could come any day now.”

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But again, the woman barely looked at him, and coldly said, “You got anything else?”

The woman then charged his card and didn’t say anything else. He tried to be friendly again and told her to have a “Merry Christmas.”

Joshua got irritated by her rudeness, and when he saw the manager, he complained about the staff at the counter.

“I know exactly which staff member you’re talking about,” the manager replied. “And all I can say is, you never know what people are going through.”

So, he walked away, taken aback by those words, “you never know what people are going through.”

Biggest Lesson

Joshua admitted he didn’t know her story. He said, maybe “her son had died or she had just been diagnosed with cancer. Maybe she had been evicted from her home. Or maybe she just had a headache – why did I care?”

And he was reminded of Romans 2:1, where it says, “In passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.”

Joshua realized, “God didn’t appoint me to evaluate that woman’s work performance. Much less appoint me to evaluate her at all. He called me to love others.”

“And while loving others may occasionally require me to point out a serious and legitimate wrong, I’m called to do it with loving humility,” he added, quoting Galatians 6:1.

He advises others not to pass judgment on others even if they’re rude.

“Judging comes so easily,” he stressed. “I’ve judged pastors for preaching awful sermons, bad drivers, school teachers, chronic gamblers, moms on the playground glued to their cell phones – to name a few.”

“We need to give the world a break, stop looking for people’s imperfections and let God take care of evaluating others. In doing so, we’ll be able to dislodge the plank of timber from our eye and see that we need just as much grace as everyone else.”

Reference: Fox News

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