Grace morning on this thankful and tranquil Thursday.
Instead of having a poor-old-me mentality, "Look what I've been through", have a nothing-missing-mentality, "I'm gonna get it all back". This is what happened with Job. He was a good man, had a good family, successful business, then one thing after another came against him. He lost his health, lost his business, lost his children. He was so discouraged, the scripture says he sat down among the ashes.
He thought, "I'll never recover from this. It's all downhill from here". His wife even said to him, "Job just curse God and die”.
Job lost all of his flocks, lost his health, his family, it's all gone, and God showed up and said "Job, stay in faith, this loss is only temporary. When I get through nothing will be missing". In the midst of all the trouble, all the heartache, when Job could have been complaining, bitter, he started declaring that God was on the throne, that what he started he would finish.
“I will be with you, when you go through (dangerous) waters. And when you go through rivers they will not carry you away. When you walk through fire it will not burn you. And the fire will not make a fire out of you.” Isaiah 43:2 EEB
Live, love, and laugh your way through this terrific Thursday!