Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Day 65:: Lamenting
What I find most interesting about this passage is that Job never loses sight of God's holiness. In his pain, he might lose sight of God's love, justice, mercy, or purpose, but He does not let go of WHO GOD IS. I am encouraged by Job's honesty, and it helps me to see transparently into exactly what he is feeling. He's hurting big-time, and he doesn't know why. He can't see the other side, and he can't imagine the Lord's purposes yet. Who could. But he is still completely aware and completely all about God's holiness - that He is supreme, that He alone is strong, that He alone has a power and wisdom to rock your face off. And I think that's what I need to know right now. That's what we all need to hang on to. We're all going to be in a lot of pain at some point. We're all going to ask why. We're all going to think something is completely and utterly unfair, but will we still believe God is GOD?
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About Me
- Betsy
- A recovering people-pleasing achiever, I am rediscovering God's grace and clinging to the slow, quiet moments in His love.
I really like your last sentence. I think I'm going to write on my planner (because I get stressed when I look at it sometimes) will God still be God?
ReplyDeleteThat way, when I start to whine about things (that are oh so insignificant) I will remember that oh hey, there's a God and he's very relevant to your situation.