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The book of Job has been recognized as a great work of literature for centuries. But it is much more than that. It is an incomparably profound book on the most perplexing of human questions. It shows not only that bad things happen to good people, but that the worst of things can happen to the best of people.
We will never fully relate to the sufferings of this man. But we do know something he did not, at least not in the book itself. The Lord reveals in Job chapters one and two a discussion between God and the devil. This is where the story began. God said that Job was an honest and sincere man, and the devil said he was not.
Sometimes it is shamefully easy for us to read this book and analyze Job. We can sit in a comfortable chair in the best of health and read about his trauma. But although we may never experience the level of pain and loss he endured, we can learn some things before trials come that will help us when the storms of life arrive.
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