...the Lord takes away; may the name of the Lord be praised. (Job 1:21, only I changed the verb tense) I read Job chapter 1 not too long ago as part of my "read the Bible in a year" program I'm trying to get done (um...it's been two years so far! oops). I marveled then, and I marvel now, how after Job was given such horrid, devastating, crushing news, he "fell to the ground in worship". I can understand falling to the ground, but in worship? Wow. What a loving relationship he had with God - what reverence and trust!
It was a roller-coaster week for us - finally a positive result on a home pregnancy test only to be hit by a quick miscarriage a couple days later. And my heart is drawn again to those words in Job...falling down in worship...worship...when hit by grief. And any grief I have felt...even the sum of all the grief I have felt in past years, past weeks, this week...doesn't even come close to what Job must have felt when he lost all his grown children and everything else he owned. And yet, "may the name of the Lord be praised", he said.
I sit here, pondering that, awashed with His love, striving to fall down in worship.
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I've often thought that this is what sets Christianity apart--after all, anybody can be thankful when everything is going well. But to learn to praise God in the midst of pain--what a rare, precious, beautiful thing. Thank you for sharing.
I'm sorry to hear about the miscarriage.
aw. :( so sorry! (((hugs!)))
that's awful, Ruth. i am so sorry. but i am glad the pain is drawing you closer to Christ. there aren't too many people i could feel safe saying that to without being afraid they would be offended or think i was belittling/makiing light of their pain. but i am so proud of you that when things are so "raw", it drives you to deeper places with Him than you knew before.
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