Last week we started looking at Job through the eyes of a parent who has also lost a child. This week continues this fascinating study, starting with of Job’s friends, whom he calls “miserable comforters”.
There are many things we can relate to in the book of Job, much more than I realized until I dug into the book of Job for the purpose of this series in looking at parents in the Bible who have lost a child.
In this episode, we also take a look at Satan’s role in this, and how it might be a very similar role he played in the death of our own child.
And then, of course, there is God’s over arching view that comes into play, which is important to look at through a different lense than we are probably used to in this unique book in the Bible.
I pray you come away encouraged, with fresh new insight from someone we usually only partially hear about in messages about Job and his trials.
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I found your research on Job to be enlightening. I have read this story several times but you brought out some good points.
I did lose both of my children, my husband and my extended family. I have nobody left, nobody I loved is still with me. I also suffered some of Job’s other trials.
I didn’t blame God but I felt like God hated me.
But, I question one area. I am 65 and I don’t believe that there are any blessings that God can give me that will make the remainder of my life bearable.
Darle, I am so very sorry. That is so much loss – I can’t even begin to imagine what that would be like and can certainly understand why you have a hard time believing God can still have blessings for you in this life. At the very least, we have been told that our suffering can’t even be compared to the glory that will be revealed. That has got to be something pretty amazing, based on how deep the suffering has been.
I’m not sure that’s enough to help me through this
Oh my heart hurts for you! Just keep going one day, one minute, one breath at a time. May God love on you in a very special way within the next few days.