At this point in our Year through the Bible reading we are in Job. This man is unique. How many of us would be near the brink of death and suffering...and I don't mean lightly suffering. This guy was in pain! His own friends didn't even recognize him.
"When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite
and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come
upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to
go and sympathize with him and comfort him. 12 When they saw him from a
distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and
they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads. 13 Then they sat
on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a
word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was." -Job 3:11-13
Through all of this Job chose to continually praise the Lord. What does it mean for us to praise God through everything; even our unbearable suffering? That is my prayer for today. That somehow some way I would gain a bit of wisdom on what it means to truly have faith, trust God with every aspect of my life, and to praise Him even in my suffering rather than cursing His name. I am thankful for the wisdom that I have obtained thus far through having only read all of Genesis and half of Job, and a few Psalms here and there. I can't believe I have never read through more of the Bible before. There have been failed attempts but none such as this.
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