Sorry to everyone who now has a Carrie Underwood song stuck in their heads. The title has nothing to do with the song. The title has everything to do with my thoughts after reading the first chapter of the book of Job. Every time I read that book, I am absolutely blown away by this incredible man.
He was a wealthy man, living a wonderful life and one day, suddenly out of the blue -
1st messenger says: all of your 1000 oxen and donkeys are stolen and all but one servants killed.
2nd messenger says: all of your 7000 sheep were burned alive along with all but one of the shepherds.
3rd messenger says: 3000 of your camels have been stolen, all but one servants killed.
4th messenger says: all your kids and their buddies were in a house that collapsed, all but one - dead!
Now, if I found out that, say, my purse was stolen, or one of my friends was in an accident, or our flat burned down - even just one of those things - I would probably think, why God, why.
Job's reaction?
"At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said:“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,and naked I will depart.The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;may the name of the Lord be praised.” In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing." (Job 1:20-22)
Blown. Away.
