Patience and Faith

Just had to put the Bible reading from ODB up here. It's from Job, who is one of the big patience role models if you ask me, and I just thought it was uncanny that this came up today based on the lessons in patience that I was dealing with yesterday

Job 23: 8-23 (NIV)

8 "But if I go to the east, he is not there;
if I go to the west, I do not find him.

9 When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.

10 But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

11 My feet have closely followed his steps;
I have kept to his way without turning aside.

12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.

13 "But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?
He does whatever he pleases.

14 He carries out his decree against me,
and many such plans he still has in store.

15 That is why I am terrified before him;
when I think of all this, I fear him.

16 God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me.

17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,
by the thick darkness that covers my face.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without adversity. - That's a really powerful saying isn't it? Thinking this way has definitely helped me get through the tough times I've encountered.

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