"Thou Art Not Yet As Job"

The job search continues... Meanwhile..

I have been reflecting on the Lord's timing. It's rather intriguing to look back and see all the things that have happened at just the right time. I even knew it wasn't the right time before they happened, but I was still amazed at how perfect they were when they came about.

For example..I didn't get my tax return until August this year (after making many phone calls and in the end resubmitting my tax return). The original plan was to take a road trip with my friend Jenny in July. I suppose it's a trivial thing, but it would have been fun to get out and do something out of the ordinary for a change.

Yes, I survived without the trip and the trip to North Carolina was enough of a road trip anyway. If I had taken one before, it would have driven me more mad than it did. I get antsy rather quickly when I'm in a car for too long. Even sitting in front of a computer too long makes me antsy haha.. The point in reliving that memory was to prove that the Lord knows me better than I know myself and always will.

I recently sang in my brother's ward at church and had a very sobering experience. I chose a song I've wanted to sing for a long time. The collection of songs it comes from has a special spirit about it and the story is one we all know well. It comes from Joseph Smith, The Prophet. The context of the song is in reply to Joseph Smith's pleas to the Lord while in Liberty Jail.

There are moments in our lives that we may feel forsaken by the Lord and all alone. It is exactly that though....it is just a moment in our lives that we have to take the wheel and make our own choices. After our trial of faith, we become stronger. Yet again..it is a trial of FAITH. We have to act on our faith to prove ourselves to the Lord and sometimes to ourself.

Job had it right and I was very touched by his story recently. Job 23: 5-6, 10 added emphasis on verse 10

For those that can't remember Job's story, I will touch on it briefly. He had been blessed by the Lord because of his righteousness. He had wealth, family, reputation, friends, you name it. Enter Satan. Satan could not touch Job because of this steadfastness and so Satan went after his friends and family. He said goodbye to his wealth, his health, his family was killed or turned away from him, his friends abandoned him...everything he had; gone. He still would not deny his faith or Jesus Christ.

This is where Job 23 comes in. He prays to the Lord and basically states that he will follow the Lord wherever he goes. "But He knoweth the way that I take: when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold."

He knows us personally. Even Josepth Smith was "not yet as Job". He was given what he could handle and he was stronger because of it.

The Lord knows the way I take and when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Here is the song I sang: