Do you ever just throw your hands up and ask God, “What the hell?” I’ve been teaching a class on Job, and let me tell ya, his whole “never cursing God” business is really remarkable…sometimes I don’t know if I have the strength to resist.
I look at the war in Ukraine, oppression of LGBTQ in Florida (and Texas, *sigh*), global warming causing tornadoes in the Midwest… it’s all TOO MUCH.
And then I cry to myself about my own, personal strife: the regrets, the missed opportunities, the plans I thought were so perfect that didn’t work out. And I question why God is putting me through this.
Feeling ashamed for being upset, I take a deep breath and remember what the actual message of Job is: to have a faithful relationship with God.
Job 2:10 says, “Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” God does not want us to be perfect, nor does he want us to react perfectly at all times. He gave us a full range of emotions—including disappointment, heartbreak, and frustration, to name a few—because he wants us to be authentic with him. Even so much of Jesus’ ministry is him expressing negative emotions!
But through it all, we have the gift—nay, the responsibility—to zoom out the lens and trust that God is working through every situation. Holiness is leaning on God no matter the present predicament…even when we have to ask, “Why?”
Food for thought: When have your best laid plans been inferior to what actually transpired?
Rachel Fisher 
XOXOXO
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