I got a notebook for my birthday. It's pretty much just a notebook. It has a little cartoon pair of shoes every two pages along with a short verse. When I first got it I wasn't sure what I would end up doing with it. I mean, there are a lot of things that you can do with a simple, shoe- covered, random- verse-noted notebook. I decided to make my own devotional book out of it. Every night, I go to whatever book and chapter of the Bible is mentioned. I read it, take notes on it, ponder it, and then read it again, going crazy underlining my favorite parts with a pen or cool-colored highlighter. It's a pretty good system thus far, because it holds my attention. I'm not one of those people who can sit down and only read Leviticus for days on end. I have to with back and forth between a few books.
Tonight's chapter was Job 23. I love the book of Job. It's always been very inspiring to me that this man, even though he had lost everything and his friends and even his wife were turning against him, he kept his faith in God. Because of that, he was blessed so much more than before! Just a little while before I read tonight, I was sitting on my bed feeling very moody and frustrated because again, I did not have a very great day. I guess I hadn't fully realized that I've been being tested this past week. I've been being tested and I have been failing. I have lost my temper, been disrespectful, distant, and, I'm sure, pretty frustrating to some. I have definitely not been like Job, who, even though everything that meant anything to him had been taken away, said "But I am not silenced by the darkness, nor the deep gloom which covers me." (Verse 17) Job stuck by his Savior, even though He had allowed everything to be taken away from him in an instant. Instead of losing his faith, Job said "But He knows the way I take; when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold."(Verse 10). Job understood the worth of being tested.
My goal for the rest of the week and on is to instead of complain, thank. Instead of argue, obey. Instead of show frustration, show joy. Although it will be difficult at times, I know that I will end up better off than before.
Tonight's chapter was Job 23. I love the book of Job. It's always been very inspiring to me that this man, even though he had lost everything and his friends and even his wife were turning against him, he kept his faith in God. Because of that, he was blessed so much more than before! Just a little while before I read tonight, I was sitting on my bed feeling very moody and frustrated because again, I did not have a very great day. I guess I hadn't fully realized that I've been being tested this past week. I've been being tested and I have been failing. I have lost my temper, been disrespectful, distant, and, I'm sure, pretty frustrating to some. I have definitely not been like Job, who, even though everything that meant anything to him had been taken away, said "But I am not silenced by the darkness, nor the deep gloom which covers me." (Verse 17) Job stuck by his Savior, even though He had allowed everything to be taken away from him in an instant. Instead of losing his faith, Job said "But He knows the way I take; when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold."(Verse 10). Job understood the worth of being tested.
My goal for the rest of the week and on is to instead of complain, thank. Instead of argue, obey. Instead of show frustration, show joy. Although it will be difficult at times, I know that I will end up better off than before.
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