Kimberlyd125
Softball is for everyone. Fast pitch is for athlet
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Imagine this successive group of calamities that occurs in Jobs life. His sheep are taken. His camels are taken. Fire from Heaven rains down and burns up his servants and his cattle. Then, in addition to all of that, a wind come across the desert and hits the house where Jobs children are. As a result, the house falls and kills Jobs children. In one fell swoop, Job loses everything. He is bankrupt, and has nothing to call his own. And not only is he bankrupt, but he also has lost what is most important to himhis own children. Truly, Satan caused Job great suffering in this first test. The question is this: How did Job respond? If Satans accusation was true, and if Job served God only for what he could get out of it, then Job should have thrown in the towel here. But notice what Job said in Job 1:20-22,
Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. And he said: Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong.
Imagine what Job has just suffered. He has just had what we might call a black Monday. He lost everything--including his children. Yet the Bible tells us then Job fell to the ground and worshiped. He then said, The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; bles*sed be the name of the Lord. This first test is proof that Job was serving God because He was God, and that men do not necessarily serve God because of the blessings He gives them, but instead because they want to follow His teachings.
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Thank you was not enough!
We can all use reminders.