About Midnight

Today we used the Sarah Kelly song "About Midnight" in worship. (Thanks Heather and Kacie for doing a great job on it.) The song comes out of the Acts 16 passage where Paul and Silas are in prison and the Bible says, "About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God..." The focus was upon how in our darkest hours we can still turn to God and sing praise and that their are people around us who notice how we approach hardships.
I didn't speak about my own life experiences in the midst of the darkest hours but I know the reality of this passage. It seems like when I have gone through the worst of times with those around me that all I can do is cry out to God. Not to ask why, even though that at times is present, but to say, "God in the midst of it all you are still God and I will not forget that." I don't think I'm different from others or have more faith than other people do, because I'm sure that isn't the case. But I have noticed that in the midst of suffering and darkness it is those people who turn to God, not just for answers, but just because, who face the darkness with the best attitude.
I pray that those who are going through the darkness of life, of which I know many who are, will find strength in giving praise to God.