The story of Job is the book that no one ever wants to read. It’s a change from everything else we read in the Bible. Instead of a “nice ending” with God defeating the devil, we instead read about everything that has been stripped away from Job and the suffering he encounters from it. You can’t help but ask the question; “Where is God, why would he let him encounter all of this suffering? That’s a question I know every individual has asked at least once in the course of their lifetime. Where is God when we’re dealing with this pain? If He is our caretaker and protector, why isn’t he protecting us from this? Unfortunately this question has run through my head on more than one occasion. It was last semester that I really questioned Him because of all of the stuff I had gone through. Within two weeks I was literally broken. My friends were turning against me, people were gossiping about me, I had a “follower” who tore me down every chance he got and the worse was hearing that my first and only ”almost” love was getting married. Not once did he ever mention that he was even talking to another girl. All this in a two week span really took a toll on me. There were times like Job that I just sat in my room and didn’t usher a word. Instead I dwelled on everything that was going wrong in my life. I was broken. I had never felt so weak, hurt and worn down in my life. I was angry with God for letting all of this happen. I wanted Him to just take the pain away and let me go back to living my regular life. However, like Job He knew just how powerful He was and the promise He had to protect and bless His children even when we didn’t realize it. It was in the desert that I put myself in my father’s arms and let Him take control of everything. It was in my season of brokenness that I drew closer to my Savior’s love more than ever before. It took that heartbreaking experience for me to see just how powerful my God is. I learned that even when we feel that we have no one else; it is God who will still have his arms out for us saying “Come my child, find solace and comfort in my unconditional love.” Job is the one book of the bible that is the most depressing, but people don’t ever talking about the epilogue of Job’s story. God made Job prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before. God did the same for me. I learned from that experience and from it I’m a stronger and better person. God had blessed me in so many different ways from my heartbreak that I know now that with whatever we’re facing in life, we need to continue to praise God in the storm, for He sees the beauty and blessings on the other side.
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