http://bo.4peculiarpeople.com/2009/09/30/andrew-peterson-the-silence-of-god/ Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:20:48 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://bo.4peculiarpeople.com/2009/09/30/andrew-peterson-the-silence-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-67 justin harris Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:05:34 +0000 http://bo.4peculiarpeople.com/?p=502#comment-67 As I've been doing some research on the Indellible Grace music I've started to realize that a major part of Christian hymnody through the years (beginning with the Psalms!) has been the melodious expression of difficulty. How mature and blessed is the man who realizes that Christianity isn't an ethereal escapism but it, in this life, consists of a hard, cross-bearing, self-denying, and painful existence. We should be able to express these times of sorrow without shame. Even if God is silent, He still is the only one worth turning to with our depressions. Blessed is the man that is beggardly, mourning, meek, hungry, and thirsty. Truly, citizens of the kingdom are happy but, at times, painfully so. Thanks for the post. As I’ve been doing some research on the Indellible Grace music I’ve started to realize that a major part of Christian hymnody through the years (beginning with the Psalms!) has been the melodious expression of difficulty. How mature and blessed is the man who realizes that Christianity isn’t an ethereal escapism but it, in this life, consists of a hard, cross-bearing, self-denying, and painful existence. We should be able to express these times of sorrow without shame. Even if God is silent, He still is the only one worth turning to with our depressions. Blessed is the man that is beggardly, mourning, meek, hungry, and thirsty. Truly, citizens of the kingdom are happy but, at times, painfully so. Thanks for the post.

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