Job 1-3, 38-42, 365 DAYS OF LOVE #358

NOTES: The story of Job, who was an "blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil"
-JOB'S 1ST TEST:
-The Lord is talking to Satan, and Satan challenges God to test Job and to "strike everything he has" (v.11) to see if Job is truly faithful and upright. God agrees to let Satan do whatever he wants with his possessions, but not to lay a finger on Job himself
-Job's oxen and donkeys are attacked and killed off; his sheep and servants die in a great fire from heaven, and his house collapsed on his family, killing all of them.
Job's reply: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised" (21).
-JOB'S 2ND TEST:
-Satan once again challenges God to test Job by attacking his flesh
-Job is afflicted with "painful sores from the soles of his feet to the top of his head"(v.7)
-Job's wife tells him to curse God and die, but Job replies, "...Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?"
-Job's friends came and sat on the ground for seven days and seven nights with him. Afterwards, he speaks and curses the day of his birth in sorrow and grief
-THE LORD SPEAKS (ch28-42)
-Responds with hypothetical questions: Where was Job when He laid the earth's foundation?
-God reminds Job of His great power through creation and His power over nature
-"Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?"
-Job's reply to the Lord: "I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted. You asked, 'Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge? Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know" (42:2-3)
-Afterwards, the Lord made Job prosperous and gave him twice as much as he did before; the Lord blessed the latter part of Job's life more than the first.
What was interesting to me was that there was a good three chapters (2 pages) dedicated to the Lord's power over creation, specifying to each animal and creature. And yet, those three pages still aren't enough to capture the depth of the Lord's power. Even glancing at such an expansive list is humbling at the least; it truly does show how our thoughts and ways are different from the Lord's (Isaiah 55). 

ACT OF LOVE: Today was day TWO of the theatre competition. Once again, I was left with nothing to carry, so I carried my friend's giant duffel bag filled with her laptop, costume, makeup, and miscellaneous stuff whenever we needed to travel to/from the bus.
When I got home, I helped my sister a bit with giving my nephew a bath and watching him while she took a shower. He cried a few minutes after I started watching him, so I returned him to his dad haha.