I was sitting around one day, and thinking of all the things going on in my life at the time. From moving so many times, teenage daughters and their moods, my son living in Kentucky, job changes, climate changes, finding a new church, finding our way in a new place. Then our finances and what our options are and what to do ...............and missing friends............woe is me is what I started feeling, UNTIL...................I started reading the book of Job in the Bible. Our pastor in Raleigh preached on FAITH.........easier to say yes I have faith, then to actually have FAITH in ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, especially when things are going south and nothing is going right...............Just reading the first few chapters I picked out some key points and would to show them to you.
* Put the roots of your "faith" down deep into God so that you can withstand any storm you may face.
* If we always knew why we were suffering, our "faith" would have no room to grow.
* We must hold on to our "faith" even if there is no relief.
Job 5:17,18
Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.
Sometimes we don't know why we suffer, at those times, are we willing to trust God in spite of unanswered questions?
Knowing God is better than knowing answers. Pain is not always punishment.
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