Satan challenged God to make a little gamble.
He said, “If you didn’t fence your kids in. They would like to ramble.
Against you they would raise their voices, if you let me give them choices.”
“Ho,” said God, “have you considered Job. He’s my man. Not a better man in the land.”
Satan said, “Let me at him. You’ll find him as fake as your man, Adam.”
God replied, “He will not rest, he will be true to his last breath; do your best – but you cannot cause his death.”
Now that serious confrontation caused Satan’s evil fixation
He expected it to be a shoe in, to bring about Job’s ruin.
But for Job, it was not so. He began a fierce battle against God’s foe.
Now many month’s of Job’s tomorrows were heaped about with dreadful sorrows
Job’s friends accursed, rehearsed, conversed; Job ascertained, complained, explained.
“Job, you’re a sinner, that’s what you are!” accused Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar.
Job yelled back and said, “That’s not so; I’ve walked with God all my life! If you need a witness go ask my wife.
Then Job’s wife, with a cynical laugh, said all that shine was in the past.
“Now, Job, give up. For you, God is dead!. He’ll not defend you; it’s just in your head!”
Job said, “Woman, that is not true. And I’ll not curse Him, no matter what you do.”
But poor Job – he did bewail and curse, the year, month, and day of his birth.
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Job does face a brighter day. A more pleasant account of his saga will return another time.
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Sweet aroma 
Love this❤️
Thank you. 😀
a great cliff hanger….
Sneak peek. He makes it! 😀 (We do too!)
ain’t no doubt 😉
Thanks for sharing, great read
Thanks for telling me it was enjoyable to you. I appreciate it.
Very well done!
Thanks, Jon. It was fun. I think I’ll do “the rest of the story” but it is not done yet. I’ve been teaching a senior class on Sunday morning. Women my age can get a bit jaded with some Bible stories we’ve known for seventy years. I’m doing a little unexpected review! 😀
A reading and studying of Job is a great spiritual exercise for all believers, I think. Thank you for blog. Personally, I will go and refresh my understanding. I once had to read it three times to answer a question to pass an exam. . (I vowed I would not go ‘there’ again. To go with ‘fresh’ eyes and more relaxed endeavours is a great goal. Thank you.
True, Faye, there is so many troubling and deep issues in Job, we need to be more relaxed in looking at what we need to absorb from it. For instance there are so many things these “friends” and Elihu had to say but they are mixed with so much judgment, self approval, wrong motivations, along with some things that simply are not true. But where did Job come out to the good? Much more than just double what he had lost materially! Wouldn’t we all like his outcome without going through the process!
It was a great spiritual exercise. I loved it.
Thanks you for the kind words. 😀