Perhaps the truest test of the depth of our faith is discovered in how, where, and when we praise God. When is He worthy enough for our full confidence? How do we feel about releasing praise when life has bottomed out? Will God see us pressing in to Him in our times and places of impossibility? The Prophet Jeremiah was living in a context of massive destruction and ruin. His words in those circumstances reveal the deep emotional struggle He was having with God, and why God had allowed catastrophe to find His people. Yet, in the midst of the ruin and devastation, Jeremiah gives some of the most important and motivating words for our faith in all of the Old Testament. His words must become our own when life is not lending itself to easy praise.