ONLY THE GOOD?

Today's reading: Job 1-2

"But Job replied, You talk like a godless woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad? So in all this, Job said nothing wrong." Job 2:10 NLT

I've seen posted on Facebook an old Irish statement that goes something like this:

As the New Year approaches, open up the front door to allow all of last year out and all of the New Year in your home.

As Facebook usually does, it's added a little something...

And with the year we've had--open up the windows, the back door and the garage door, too!

I'll agree, we've had a string of rough years. Pandemics, political turmoil, sin running rampant, weather happenings and down right weariness.

But as Job put so well, Are we only to accept the good things from the Lord and not the bad?

Oh, the things we've learned about the Lord through hard times, rough patches and long, dark nights.

He is so good to bless us, but He is equally as good to see us through--all that comes our way.

So today, spend a moment or two thanking God for the bad times, not that they happened, but that His faithfulness continued through them!