His grace is sufficient

3:23 Why is light given 86 to a man 87
whose way is hidden, 88
and whom God has hedged in? 89
3:24 For my sighing comes in place of 90 my food, 91
and my groanings 92 flow forth like water. 93
3:25 For the very thing I dreaded 94 has happened 95 to me,
and what I feared has come upon me. 96
3:26 I have no ease, 97 I have no quietness;
I cannot rest; 98 turmoil has come upon me.” (Job 3:23-26)

I have not been in the best of moods for much of today, between my dismal performance in CBL and getting hit in the junk with the ball, finally getting my undeserved ticket for $160 for going off the road in January in the mail, and spending countless hours on a lab I still haven't finished has gotten me in a sour mood. God's word is able to give us perspective like nothing else though, hallelujah. Job endured such suffering, and yet he was ultimately redeemed and restored before the Lord.

What pastor Dave talked about today really struck a chord with me, as I'm sure it did for you all. As I read through Job, it becomes clear that his misery became so all consuming that he was in a place that is reminiscent of the things that Dave described today as being characteristic of temptation. Feeling like he was lost in the wilderness? Check. Feeling like he was the only one with his degree of suffering (though he probably was at this point in time). Check. Job had been living a life of righteousness, and yet all he had was uprooted from him.

I know God has been trying to show me that I need to come back to Him for all my answers. I long in my heart to remember His words as absolute truth. I'm sick of discouragement, hope is the only thing worth living for. On days like today when I just want to run and hide from this world, God's arms are my only solace. Please Father, let my every moment of the day be in your presence. Amen.