That’s the title of my quiet time today.
Job 42:7-13 if you want to look it up. Basic synopsis: God is more please with Job for being honest about being pissed than he is with Job’s friends for being indifferent about how they feel.
I think this quote from Peter Kreeft sums it up better than I could:
[Job] is in a true relationship to God, as the three friends are not: a relationship of heart and soul, life-or-death passion….God is infinite love, and the opposite of love is not hate but indifference. Job’s love for God is infected with hate, but the three friends’ love for God is infected with indifference. Job stays married to God and throws dishes at him; the three friends have a polite nonmarriage, with separate bedrooms and separate vacations. The family that fights together stays together.
God can handle your anger. He wants it. He wants an HONEST relationship with you. Job got pissed. He was angry, hurt, and maybe even bitter. But he didn’t turn his back on God and become indifferent to Him. HE TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT.
What about you?
Are you talking to God about what He does that cheeses you off?
God can handle you.
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