Day 88
We have all heard the phrase, “what doesn’t kill you will only make you stronger.” I have had a similar idea run through my head the whole day. My phrase is more like, “whatever hardships confront you will only make you stronger.” It is ever so curious how God can use people and events in your life to teach you or remind you of a lesson. I was told by my dad last night to read the book of Job in the Old Testament because he was currently in that book. Later on today a friend of mine reminded me that even righteous people like Job suffer in life. Lastly, since Jackie and I have started our printed out plan to read the Bible in one year, today’s reading are form the book of Job. I would be a fool to not catch on that I am supposed to be reading about Job.
Now Job was a very righteous man, a devout man, a man of God. He was also a well off man with livestock, land, and children. Job had all his fortune taken away in one blow when he received message that his livestock, servants, and children were all taken away in one day. Job did not know that this was all a challenge that Satan rendered to God. Satan wanted to prove that a man would only be righteous when everything was going well for him. God wanted to prove Satan a true man of God would be fall away due to circumstances. Even when Job’s wife cursed God for their misfortune, Job never did.
Job definitely had it way worse that Jackie and I are currently facing right now. I know God has a plan for both of us and a teaching that may come out of our current circumstances. It sometimes seems so easy to blame our situation on a past sin or maybe even God. However, these are the situations that make us stronger in ourselves, relationships, and faith.
I was even reminded to stay strong through Kanye West’s song “Stronger” while listening to the radio later on in the day.