Job said it!
(Job 19:25)
Does that blow anyone elses mind???
If you know anything about the book of Job in the Bible then this well known verse takes on such a more spectacular meaning.
In the midst of intense uncertainty Job tells his friends who are condemning him "I know my redeemer lives!" Job doesn't know why he is being tormented, why he has been stripped of his wealth, his children, the love of his wife, even his own health or how long it will last. For all he knows he is going to have a miserably slow and lonely death but the ONE THING HE KNEW FOR SURE WAS....
HIS REDEEMER LIVES.
Its inspirational to me that amidst all this, he does not lashing out at God (even after his wife advises him to "curse God and die") or even questions him. He didn't say " I think my redeemer lives" or even "I believe my redeemer lives" In his darkest most painful storm he proclaims "I KNOW MY REDEEMER LIVES"
Now, has God ever taken me through a valley so deep that I cant say the same?
NEVER!
in all the valleys, in all of life, i've learned to say the LORD giveth, the LORD takes away, blessed be the name of the LORD. that's also from Job...a wise man to be sure! big hugs.
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