Thoughts for Today

As I relayed to Lorie a few days ago, sticking to a schedule of such long passages of Scripture would be too much for me.  I recently came from a very oppressive religious background and found Grace Walk.  My devotions this morning besides the Blackaby devotional, was Job 5.  I especially loved verses 17-19: "Happy is the man whom God corrects; therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.  For He bruises, but He binds up; He wounds, but His hands make whole.  He shall deliver you in six troubles, Yes in seven no evil shall touch you."  How awesome is that!  As I was contemplating these verses, I thought were it not for these 3-4 loser friends that Job had (miserable comforters), these are some of the most comforting words ever uttered in the midst of a book with such suffering.