Job I

I'm reading through Job, and have had quite a lot of thoughts on it, so I figured I'd blog about it :)

In the first chapter of Job, a lot happens. Read it for yourself (maybe you could read along with me)! It starts out telling how Job was blameless, and really rich. All his animals and kids showed that back then he had a LOT of wealth. As it says, he was the greatest man of all the eastern people.
But one day Satan comes to God and God's like, "Haven't you noticed Job? He would do anything for me; he is blameless." Can you imagine God saying something like that to you? And yet someday He will! In fact, I bet He already does, for we have been purified by the blood.
But so Satan doesn't believe God (not a good place to be. You're always going to lose) and God suggests that they see who is right and let's Satan do whatever he wishes to everything but Job. So, four servants run up breathless to Job reporting that everything is gone from one way or another and they are the only ones left. Can you IMAGINE? EVERYTHING being taken away, including all your kids. And yet Job says, "The Lord has given and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised."
Wow. He just had everything taken away from him, and he still praises God. That's incredible. I mean really, you might be going "yea, whatever" but REALLY. Do you want to have everything taken away from you and see if you still praise God? I pray that you could. But it'd sure be hard.
More coming :)