Lest you think life couldn't get any worse, consider this man.
- His great riches and glory were stripped from him.
- His kinsfolk, friends, and brethren forgot him
- Even the servants in his house and his wife ignored him -- treating him like a stranger
- Young children dispised and mocked him
- His best friends abhorred him, even those he loved, unjustly judging him for his sins.
- His bones cleaved to his skin as he begged for pity
- He can't understand why his loving God would persecute him.
Through it all, this pitiful man never lost the faith.
Job 19:25-27 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth;
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God;
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
Growing up, I remember the Lawson Family singing a song about Job in my church.
Though God slay me yet I'll trust Him
And I'll then come forth as gold
For I know that He still liveth
I can feel Him in my soul
