Some thoughts on Job

[trollbabyfeet]

This will not be the most polished piece I've ever put out, but it's some things I've been thinking about.

Many times when someone is going through a difficult season in their life, friends who have a faith-based worldview quote Job 13:15 to the beleaguered:  "Though He [God] slay me, yet will I trust Him..."  This is supposed to be a gentle

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[cabin77]

:-)

I'm not quite at the quiet point yet. I'm still ranting. But you've helped me remember that I'll get there. And God is with me the whole time.

Maybe later today I'll take my rant here, to LJ.

Deep breath.

[trollbabyfeet]

And it is okay not to be there yet. It took Job something like 40 chapters to get there. However, it helps to put a little perspective on the situations we as people can find ourselves in - the ones where we just look up to God and say, "Really, God?"

Job

[anonymous]

"Lord, I know that we are the Chosen People. But, once in a while, couldn't you choose someone else? --Fiddler on the Roof

"No wonder you have so few friends, considering how you treat them!" --St. Teresa