We have all lost a sweet---free spirit--one just beginning---I feel like the world has stopped for a moment---but I look around and banquets are still held--babies are still fed--work is still there---dinners are still shared---the world just keeps on turning.
Perhaps that was one of the lessons of Job. Our lives are all devestation---we are reeling in the tumult of unspeakable grief---all seems to be stripped---AND the world keeps turning. Others stand by our side---just as Job 3 friends came and sat with him--but there seems to be no comfort - no solace--no answers---and yet for all around us--the world keeps turning.
My own life has been put into perspective--this week. There can be not one thing worse than losing your child. The depth of despair and desolation are beyond my mind's comprehension. I am grasping at ways to help---words to say---anything to soothe the pain--but all seems an exercise in desperation.
HOW can the world still be turning---I am sure Job must have wondered the same.
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So what does the "and the world keeps turning" post tell us. And what does the story of Job tell us, other than both point to the only thing that "remains". Life is short and hard and devastating and miserable and painful, and "yet God remains inalterable, unstoppable, unfathomable, indescribable and faithful. He is our refuge our very present help in time of need, our sanctuary, our provision our all in all. Maybe this is the story of life and the story of Job. Thank you for bringing such great topics forth in that it affects us all. Now it depends on what we do with it tomorrow. You have challenged us in our faith and in determining wherein our security lies.
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