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The learning curve of suffering: Deepens the measure of out faith, educates us about the character of God; develops in us a longing for the things of God; teaches us to desire the future glorification of our bodies; causes us to long for the coming kingdom of Christ; creates in us a yearning for heaven. Pg. 237

" Unwise counsel is typically filled with superficial promises. It doesn't provide the steel truth to brace someone's crumbling world; it doesn't provide the strength of the Spirit they'll need to rebuild or start over." Pg. 205

"As you grope through the darkness of suffering, your Father is never more than a few feet away." Pg. 210

Those who suffer acutely tend to see more clearly. Perhaps that's because in times of greatest desperation, your mind is alert to greater observations from the Word of God; your heart most tender to theSpirit of God; your life most available to the will of God. "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him" (Job 13:15).

Job 14:10 Job wants to know where he will be the day he dies. He is not concerned about transition; he wants to know about destination. Pg. 149 Jesus Christ gave the answer to Job's poignant question-a question bound up in the heart of mankind-when he said, "I am the resurrection & the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies" (John 11:25). The critical question is not, "Will we live forever? But "Where

In Job 9:33-34, he essentially asks, "Is there anyone who can come between me & God & speak for us both & negotiate some sort of settlement? 1Tim 2:5-6 says, "For there is one God, and one mediator also btwn God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all." Is there someone who can speak for me? Yes! It is Christ, our Redeemer. Job's ultimate hope was in reconciliation btwn himself & God.Pg140

"Bildad said, 'God does reject a blameless man.' Oh, but He did! For Christ, the blameless Man, was forsaken, we can be forgiven...Bildad, you're wrong thank God: We don't have to grow old to grow wise. We don't have to be perfect to approach God. Things will not always be the way they were. We don't always get what we deserve.

One day, we who believe by faith in Christ alone will receive what we do not deserve.

"The natural cry of the believer under great suffering is, 'How long, O Lord? If it is for the rest of my life, take me on to heaven.'" Pg 115

"There is no pit so deep but that God is deeper still." - Corrie ten Boom Pg 116

"You do not heal a broken heart with logic; you heal a broken heart with love."

"Remember, Job thought he was forgotten. He had no idea that he was under the watchful gaze of God." Pg. 92

"When there are no answers on earth; when it all seems so unfair; when life delivers one cruel message after another; when clouds are dark with no silver lining-that is when we worship God with childlike faith. That is when we learn to worship God with childlike faith. That is when we learn to truly worship Him on the basis of who He is, rather than how we expect Him to act." Pg. 32