One bold message in the Book of Job is that you can say anything to God. Throw at him your grief, your anger, your doubt, your bitterness, your betrayal, your disappointment — he can absorb them all. God is much bigger than we are.
Job also recognizes how big and how great God is. After hearing God’s argument, Job says, “I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes” . But repent of what? Of some specific sin? Not quite. Job explains, “Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know” .
I strongly believe that Job knew that whatever has happened to him — in some way that he can’t fully understand — will work out for his benefit and he can say to God, “I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can
Job also recognizes how big and how great God is. After hearing God’s argument, Job says, “I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes” . But repent of what? Of some specific sin? Not quite. Job explains, “Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know” .
I strongly believe that Job knew that whatever has happened to him — in some way that he can’t fully understand — will work out for his benefit and he can say to God, “I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can