Compassion

Job 19:13–20(ISV) — 13“My brothers are alienated from me;my acquaintances are estranged;14my relatives have failed me;and my friends have abandoned me.15Those who live in my house—and my maidservants, too!—treat me like a stranger;they think I’m a foreigner.16“I call to my servant,but he doesn’t respond,even though I beg to him earnestly.17My wife says my breath stinks;even my children say I smell bad!18Even little children hate me;when I get up, they mock me.19My closest friends detest me;even the ones I love have turned against me.20I’m a pile of skin and bones;I have barely escaped by the skin of my teeth.”

Every time I read through the Book of Job I'm reminded that, no matter how bad things get, they can always get worse.....these verses should bring tears to the eyes -- we probably all think theres been a time when we've been abandoned .... Job had such a time....this should be a reminder to us to be kind and compassionate to those around us who are less fortunate than we are.....as for us feeling abandoned, I think self pity is of the devil.....it is a constant challenge to keep our minds off our circumstances and on the Lord at all times....good times or bad.....as for Job, he later wrote in this wonderful chapter these famous words:

Job 19:25–26(KJV 1900) — 25For I know that my redeemer liveth,And that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:26And though after my skin worms destroy this body,Yet in my flesh shall I see God:

So even though we may have moments when we feel abandoned, be reminded that we could never be....the Bible says the Lord will never leave me nor forsake me! Friends and family may leave us......but our Lord never will! David said: Psalm 27:10(KJV 1900) — 10When my father and my mother forsake me,Then the Lordwill take me up.

I would have to think my last line of defense would be my own family.....but if that last line of defense gives way, our Lord is right there with us AMEN! 

What a blessedness to know this truth as we walk through this world today....God bless your day!! 

​SW