Thursday April 23, 2009 QUESTIONS?
"Who made a channel for the flooding rains and a path for the thunderstorms to bring rain on a land where no one lives, on a desert where there are no humans, to saturate the desolate wasteland in order to make it sprout with grass? Does the rain have a father? Who gave birth to the dewdrops? >From whose womb came the ice, and who has given birth to the frost in the air?" Job 38:25-29 Okay, Job lost everything he owned in one day. The next day he even lost his physical health. The only thing he had left was a nagging wife. So, his friends come and for the first seven days they minister to him in silence. The problems began when they started analyzing his situation. No one had an answer. Most of the time we don't. We think we know what God is doing, but do we really? When the attack of September 11, 2001, hit we were astounded. We couldn't understand how God could allow that to happen. Some believed it was to warn people to turn to God. However, we don't know that for sure. Job and his friends thought they knew why God allowed all of this devastation to come into Job's life. God finally had enough and began asking them questions. >From these verses I see that God just sometimes has to put us in our place. He >is both father and mother to us, quite a paradox if you ask me, but one I can accept and appreciate. Let's pray and ask the Father to give us a Holy Spirit check if we start doing to others as Job's friends did to him. Sometimes its just better to keep our mouths shut, sit in the ashes with our friends, and mourn with them. Hard. . .huh? It's just better to let God be God.Father, I realize that with You pain is timeless. There are people out there today who are grieving the loss of loved ones, both past and present. Help us remember not to judge the circumstances surrounding any death, but to keep our eyes on You and be a minister of hope in the darkness. I would truly appreciate your praying for our family and me. We think we have toxic mold and that's why I stay so tired and sick; also, why Cody's behavior has gotten worse. All of that on top of having computer problems that will - not - end! In His Hope, Sharon ******************************************* O. Addison Gethers e-mail address : [email protected] or [email protected] window live messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
