Oct. 26, 2013

Job 17:  ¹⁵ where then is my hope—
    who can see any hope for me?

Depression is on my mind this morning.  Job is clearly depressed.  His situation has caused his depression.  So many have found comfort in Job, many of whom suffer from clinical depression.  Others find comfort here b/c  the circumstances of their lives have led them into depression.

I am thinking of the people who think God has done bad things; that it is "His will" that they suffer.  God did not cause Job's suffering; He doesn't cause ours either.  God ALLOWS human suffering, for reasons we do not understand. 

Job understood, and so do I, that God is available to us in our suffering.  We can call on Him for hope and relief.  Our faith is a comfort to us.

Prayer:  Lord, I pray that Your will be done, on Earth as it is in heaven.  I know that the suffering here on Earth is NOT Your will.  I anticipate joining You in Your kingdom, where there is no suffering, b/c THAT is Your will.  I call on You for comfort as I move through this world, which is full of suffering.  Guide my steps to relieve that suffering where I can.
Amen