Job's Lament

And Job spoke, and said:
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​​"May the day perish on which I was born,
​​And the night in which it was said,
​‘​A male child is conceived.’
May that day be darkness;
​​May God above not seek it,
​​Nor the light shine upon it."  Job 3:2-4

The person who thinks that he or she is an eloquent complainer might want to read Job chapter 3 to see how it is done. After seven days and nights of suffering in silence with his three friends, Job cuts loose with a verbal lament heard round the world and all the way up to Heaven. We can know this because God will respond after a bit of argument among the friends. Job is of course you and me.

We suffer tribulations in this life and, maybe not quite so eloquently, we complain to the Lord. Circumstances arise that try our faith right down to the core. Without the strength we felt in our youth, memory failing, and bodies breaking down, we fall into a circumstance of loss. Can we look forward to the restoration of twice our youthful strength in this life? That is up to God. Whatever it is we lose in adversity, health or wealth or both, God has us right where He want us. Whether we are restored in this life or in His kingdom to come, we can trust in the Lord all the way.

Life hurts, but there is new life in Him!

Bucky