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“I cannot keep from speaking. I must express my anguish. My bitter soul must complain.“

Job 7:11

“Job was not being punished; he was being honored. God was giving to him a name like that of the great ones of the earth. The Lord was lifting him up, promoting him, putting him into the front rank, making a great saint of him, causing him to become one of the fathers and patterns in the ancient Church of God. He was really doing for Job such extraordinarily good things that you or I, in looking back upon his whole history, might well say, ‘I would be quite content to take Job’s afflictions if I might also have Job’s grace, and Job’s place in the Church of God.” – Charles Spurgeon

What if we approached our problems and pain with an attitude of praise that:

• We are not being punished, but honored.
• We are not being demoted, but elevated.

What if we said, “Yes Lord, bring it on,” rather, “Lord, get me out of this mess.”

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Well, this will be taking up real estate in my head.

“We like to talk about ‘having the faith to be healed,’ but what about having the faith to be sick?” – Mike Mason

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Ask Holy Spirit to help me process these thoughts.