I’ve met a lot of people who identify as Christian. Interestingly, the most Christian people I’ve met do not, tho they believe, and don’t feel worthy of such a title. I’ll never be a Job. I’m more of the thief or tax assessor. I know who and what I am. I know my faith is insufficient. I...

Our Lord and Savior on the Cross represents the ultimate culmination of human suffering, yet we rejoice in him, we hold that image of ultimate suffering central to our worship. Clearly an example to follow; “we rejoice in our sufferings.”

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Sovereignty is a tough nut to crack. I’m not even sure our minds can get a handle on this one.

God was proud of him, making fun of Satan, even. Hard to match.

Good stuff! One of my biggest ah ha moments in my faith was when I realized it was God who initiated the sequence of events when he asked Satan “Have you noticed my servant Job” God has a redemptive plan for all His creation and it’s my role to praise Him whether I perceive it to be good ti...

How do you balance this with Psalms of lament? Indeed, Paul says we rejoice in our sufferings, but even Jesus prayed in the garden for the path to change and cried out in despair on the cross

It’s easier when you not only believe but internalize that this earthly life is such a short and relatively miserable portion of our existence. Being counted as worthy through suffering in His name, or being released from that suffering through death, are rewards beyond our imagination.

Amen brother!