IT'S NOT WHAT THEY TAKE FROM YOU THAT MATTERS!

So, GOD and the devil are talking one day. The devil says to GOD you think your the man don't you? You got all these people running around worshipping you and fearing and loving you. Yeah, you think your the man huh? GOD said I do alright I suppose. The devil said look at your man Job? of course he loves you, he's the richest man in town he has crazy land, flocks and flocks of cattle, beautiful wife and kids. Of course He loves you because you got this wall up around him, you won't let me get to him. Of course he loves you. The devil said lets bet something. Ill bet you he won't love or fear you anymore if you let me get to him. GOD said ill take that bet! GOD said you can do anything you want to him but just don't kill him! The devil said cool!

The devil went in. He killed Job's kids, ALL of his cattle, destroyed his land, his house, his crops etc he even gave job terrible painful blisters and boils. The devil took EVERYTHING from Job. But Job never lost his faith. His friends said, what did you do you must have done something to piss GOD off for all of this to be happening to you. Job said I didn't sin, I didn't do anything to GOD.  Job accepted it all as GODs will. Jobs wife called him a fool for not cursing GOD. She told him to curse GOD and die. he said to her your talking foolish shall we accept good from GOD and not trouble? Job remained faithful! 

When it was all said and done even though Job was mad at GOD, because Job never lost faith, never gave up on GOD despite everything he went through GOD gave Job twice as much as he had before and blessed the latter part of his life more than the first part. 

I guess the point is sometimes the righteous must suffer too! There is no rhyme or reason that WE know of! But there is a RHYME and a REASON! No matter how bad the struggle or pain, count your blessings Keep the faith, and even though you might not be able to see it NOW, it will all work out in the end even greater than you had ever imagined possible!

IT'S NOT WHAT THEY TAKE FROM YOU THAT MATTERS, WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT YOU DO WITH WHAT YOU HAVE LEFT! 

KEEP YOUR FAITH! 

PEACE!