Job 2:10 (after Job loses his health and his wife tells him to curse God) says this:
".... Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?"
This past year has been quite a difficult one. Over the course of 3 months, I lost three of my uncles and about 4 months later, I lost another. Roughly at that same time, a former youth group student was diagnosed with a second cancer (and in Nov passed away) and 2 months later my Dad was diagnosed with Lymphoma.
I can honestly say that while it broke my heart and I begged and begged for God's mercy, I was not angry with God that these things happened. Oh how I wished they hadn't but I know that God is sovereign.
When we accept Christ, we are not guaranteed an easy, pain free life. We are guaranteed someone to walk us through those valleys, those seemingly black holes...
I will certainly accept the good from God but I will also accept the trouble, knowing that He is with me and knowing that each trouble will bring me closer to Him. I pray that I will be like Job... and to the end hold on to my integrity and defend the Lord with all I've got.
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