i "happened" upon this this morning as I was reading my Bible. just too good not to share. it is from Eugene Peterson's "Conversations" from an observation he had on Job 42:
"Answers have their place, but when the chips are down, when trouble comes, when doubt gnaws, when anxiety threatens, then only God Himself will do. He has the power to come to us through layer upon layer of defense, rationalization, unbelief, rebellion, disobedience, and diversion. He can penetrate our suffering, our doubt, and our ignorance, making it possible for us to day, "I admit I once lived by rumors of You; now I have it all firsthand--from my own eyes and ears.
"Job got no answers to His questions. He got no explanations for his sufferings. His disregarded the vaunted wisdom of his friends. Thought Job didn't get what he wanted, he did get what he needed--he got God. Job began to live in personal response to the God Who reveals--no secondhand religion but rather firsthand experience."
when the chips are down, God is all we need. in fact, He is all we need at any point in life.
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