Hey Pastor John,
I know we’re just getting started on Job but it has already blessed me so much! Two things that I went to bed thinking on after last night:
- Getting to know who Job really was, not only to go through all that he did, but also to have such confidence in God and who God made him to be. Makes me love him even more.
- I’ve always thought Job’s friends were condemning him out of hatred or maybe jealousy. To learn, to take it in, that their heart truly was in the right place and what they were saying was right and out of love, but their timing was off, they didn’t wait for God. That is a wonderfully huge lesson. It puts each scene in a different perspective when reading this story. It makes these conversations hurt even more to realize these accusations came from people who really loved Job and Job really loved them. When someone you love hurts your heart, that wound goes much deeper and hurts much more. It takes God to get through it.
I love what you teach us! These are not just stories, but these things really did happen, and we are getting to know our brothers and sisters. It makes each one of their testimonies mean so much more to me.
Just think, we have over 30 more chapters! Looking forward to our time together again!
Michelle
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Oh my! Thank you, Pastor John. I am really enjoying Job, and I am understanding more and more. I love how you put it that Job was waiting on God for an answer and how his comforters were not. They thought they knew what was going on with him. It goes back to what we have been learning: we don’t know anything until Jesus shows up, then we know. That’s what we wait for. 
I also marvel at Job. He knew himself, and he knew God. He never wavered from that fact. It came across last night in his complaint to God how he went back and forth in his mind “why”, but the end conclusion was always… I will rejoice, O Lord, in you. . . no matter what.
Amy B.