9 His
wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!” 10 He replied, “You are
talking like a foolish[a] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and
not trouble?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said. Job 2:9-10
Reading the book of Job this morning. Seeing the struggles
he went through and how his circumstances around him seemed hopeless. He still
continued to worship the Lord. Then you
see three of his friends go out and search for him. They wanted to find him and
sympathize and comfort him during his darkest days. And when they found him
they didn't leave him once they saw how bad his circumstances were. They stayed
with him for seven days and seven nights.
After reading the first two chapters I realized storms are
going to come, we aren't called to an easy life with no struggles as
Christians. There will be good days,
months and even years. But those storms will come and when they do we have to
learn to lean on Him. That He will give us the tools and His strength to get through
these storms.
Job had a hopeless situation, but he kept his hope and his
friends came to support him through his storm. That we were put here on this
earth with a purpose and for a purpose. We cannot do life alone. When the
storms come we have to lean on the people around us.
We may be facing another move again. When I found this out,
I said to myself really? This can’t be true. We have moved every summer for the
past three years. I started to feel like our summer months have been cursed. That
the storms have come every summer for the past three years. Jayson has changed jobs two times in three years, which was out of his control. We have moved three times in three years. Fear was crippling me.
Then I started trying to plan and figure out the “what
if’s”. Can I really pack us up one more
time? I mean after eight years in the Marine Corps you think I’d be a pro at moving
us! Can we afford another move? How will little man react to moving again? Can
I really do this pregnant? Then I had to stop myself with the questions, and I
remembered the past 3 years. Each and every move has been a blessing, and each
and every move has been provided for us. That the best is yet to come. Have
faith.
He reminded me through my devotion “Your fear often
manifests itself in excessive planning, your mind is so accustomed to this
pattern of thinking that you are only now becoming aware of how pervasive it is
and how much it hinders your intimacy with me.”
So, I know my little storm is so minute compared to some
around me. Which their world is crashing and burning right now. My heart breaks for these people that we
know. I know we have gone through worse storms than this one, it’s all about
His timing not mine. That I have to stop trying to control and plan the situations.
