Soli Deo Gloria
G. K. Chesterton: ‘Thanksgiving is a matter of celebrating one’s dependence upon God.’ An attitude of gratitude leads to thanksgiving for the invisible but durable thread of God’s dependable grace which marks the faithful community’s/individual’s response to God.’
This is a story of going into trouble and coming out of trouble.
The prayer song has some of the greatest lines in the whole Bible:
God's "anger is but for a moment; his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning."
"You have taken off my sackcloth, and clothed me with joy!"