A favorite Bible verse
My Aunt Kathy is kind of a marvel. One of her many talents is that she always seems to know just what to say to lift you up. A while back, she pointed me to a scripture that I hadn't noticed before. Job 23:8-10, 17 : 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him:he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: 10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me,I shall come forth as gold. 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. I read chapter 23 in Job over and over a few months after I lost Daniel. I know that I cannot compare myself to Job--for one, my trials are few compared to his, nor is my character so good as his. But still, I found quite a bit of comfort in the book. Six months or so following his death, I found myself kind of spiritually dead. Right after he died, I...