Today's Favorite Verse: Job 8:4, 6

Today's Favorite Verse: Job 8:4, 6
"If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous."

A different friend of Job's, Bildad the Shunhite, now shocks me with his words. How did I not see or understand before how terrible what he said was? Again Job is being told his children that died were wicked. Then I noticed another misconception that only the righteous are able to prosper. If you think being righteous will only bring you sunshine and roses you are sadly mistaken. Everyone has an equal opportunity for trials in their lives. Like somehow having lost everything proves Job was not a righteous man. The only promise I have in life is if I lean on the Lord he will walk beside me, and carry me, and not leave me alone. He will give me that peace that passeth understanding, even in the midst of the storm. I like how Job set the record straight.

"This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked."
(Job 9:22)

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