The Gospels say: If God wills, He will heal. God didn't heal Job in these chapters. Job says in Job 3:13 that if he was dead, then he would be at rest. Is there no rest in suffering? Is there no way for Job to find rest in the midst of harrowing circumstances? I believe there is a Rest I know not. In Job 3, Job curses not God, he curses the day he was born--- something he could do nothing about. On and on and on. One of the wisest men alive, loses his way in suffering. We have to live in the Mystery of it all. Why God heals some and not others. Why God allows so much suffering.
God's love does not stand outside of God's justice and vice versa. God's Love for Job is irreversible. Job isn't struggling with "if " he will follow God. He is struggling with how much he has to suffer. C.S. Lewis knew the stakes were high in life. "You are playing not for counters or for sixpences but for every penny you have in the world. Nothing less will shake a man–or at any rate a man like me…Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself.”
PHOTO: On my way to Kansas City. This never gets old or boring or hard. It's my great joy to fly to you KC and all you hold. This quote by Lewis is so touching---I struggle deeply with how much I have to suffer.
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