(Job Praying, Marc Chagall, 1960) Glass of Blessings God’s ordinary course is that His people in this world should be in an afflicted condition. — The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs We say that a person who endures under affliction has the patience of Job, but Job may disagree with that statement. He would point us to Scripture which shows he struggled through his trials. He was angry with friends, bitter, discouraged, dismayed, and “His only hope was that God would crush him” (Job 6:9). Job would tell us he wasn’t patient, he was in anguish. But somehow, over the course of his suffering, he became the man of patience the world recognizes.
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