It is safe to say that this phrase, found in Job 1:21 will be applicable to all of us at some time in our life, whether its the first half of the phrase or the second half.
Hebrews 12:5-6  and you have forgotten the exhortation that is addressed to you as sons, saying, “My son, neglect not the discipline of the Lord, neither be thou weary when thou art rebuked by him.”For whom the Lord loves, he chastises; and he scourges every son whom he receives.” … do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, or lose heart when He rebukes you. Deuteronomy 11:14
He will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the later rain, that you may gather in your grain and your wine and your oil.

Since the close of Vatican II there  has been one insult against God after another. One might find it difficult, when one looks at the reaction one feels when one is insulted—the desire for vengeance—and expect God to lash out against sinners; but though God instruct His faithful,  Revenge is Mine. He then continues: I will repay them in due time, that their foot may slide: the day of destruction is at hand, and the time makes haste to come. (Cf. Deut. 32:35) The patience of God is made manifest in the Crucifixion of Christ. God did not take vengeance on those who Crucified the Christ, (but years latter, ” Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me but weep for yourselves and for your children. LK.23:28)  though He withdrew His grace and left the Jews responsible in their blindness as a chastisement. He uses nature to chastise as a warning:  Fire, hail, famine, and death, all these were created for vengeance. (Eccles. 39:35) And justice is such that if not here then in the next life: The Lord is a jealous God, and a revenger: the Lord is a revenger, and hath wrath: the Lord taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he is angry with his enemies. (Nahum 1:2) This delay is because he desires mankind to turn to Him: Is it my will that a sinner should die, saith the Lord God, and not that he should be converted from his ways, and live? (Ezech. 18:23) Again, to stress His intent: Say to them: As I live, saith the Lord God, I desire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way, and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways: and why will you die, O house of Israel? (Ezech. 33:11) Our Lord, in the parable of the lost sheep and the prodigal son (cf. Luke 15), His example in forgiving Mary Magdalene (cf. John 8) and the Good Thief (cf. Luke 23) contrasts with His condemning Jerusalem (cf. Matthew 23 and Luke 13), handing Judas over to Satan (Luke 22, particularly verse 3 and 21ff) among the many passages that show both the mercy of God and His justice. Justice, meted in this world means hope of salvation in the next; withdrawal of grace means, in the Biblical sense, cursed: from benediction to malediction. For a father’s chastisement means he still cares; a father’s negligence means he no longer cares. That God still sends signs to awaken man whom He loves that he may be converted is a sign of His mercy; that He doesn’t chastise the leaders today who in their pride make themselves to be greater than God (cf. Isaias 14:13ff) but follow Herod in their usurpation of divine authority (cf. Acts 12:21ff) bears witness that God has abandoned them to their deceit (cf. Jer. 9:6)

“Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.”

It’s the title of a song by Frank Loesser, and is a reference to a chaplain who allegedly walked among the sailors of the USS New Orleans, while they were engaged in battle with the Japanese at Pearl Harbor on the “day that will live in infamy”. Sailors report that he was patting the men on their shoulders and telling them to “Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.”
Presumably the “Praise the Lord” was in thanks for having spared these lives during the initial attack on Pearl Harbor which, of course, killed many. “Pass the ammunition” is clearly a reminder that, after taking that moment to praise the lord, there remained work to be done, namely, fighting off the ongoing attack.
So my friends, knowing that we are in the last Battle of good and evil, right and wrong, let us give praise that God spared us from the evils of the Vatican II council and this secular world, a reminder that, after taking that moment to praise the lord, there remains  work to be done, namely, fighting off Satan’s last
attack, spreading the Good News of His inanimate return and keeping our Catholic Faith.

“And then the wicked one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth, (His Word) and will destroy with the Brightness of His coming.”  II Thess. 2:1-8  On that last Pentecost Sunday. Amen and Alleluia.  www.cmri.org www.catholicendtimetruths.com  www.sgg.org

Grace be with you, in Christ, Joseph

Note: Some of the above was taken off Father Courtney Krier’s news letter # 361 7-2-16