Monday, October 12, 2009

Job in Modern Language

I have been looking for ways to use the internet as an encouragement for people that are going through suffering.
In my life I have had a few circumstances that at the time were times of great suffering, but have seen many blessings come as a result.
Job is the quintessential example of someone who God brings through suffering and latter is blessed because of his faithfulness through that suffering.
When I was ten years old I nearly died from apendicitis because my parents just thought I had the flu for a five days. later that year my three month old brother died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Both of these circumstances gave me who just recently had given my life to Jesus a time of testing for my faith.
When I was a teen ager 14-17 I was diganosed with kyphoses(curvature of the spine) and I had to wear a back brace in order to "straighten me up" as my Grandpa liked to say.
Later when I was 19 I again found myself lying on my back for several months, when I broke my femur bone getting thrown from an ATV. This of course was not pleasant but it got me doing a lot of reading and thinking about my future. That accident I believe was a catalyst for me to decide to pursue a college degree.
The message of Job as well as the message of the entire Bible is summed up here by Jesus in John 16:33 "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."
God allows suffering so that we can find our comfort in Him. He allows us to be weak so that we can find our strenth in Him.
So I am going through Job and paraphrasing it so that, we can be blessed by this story.

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