A simple scroll through my Facebook page brought up three faces of friends dealing with serious health issues. They are each such testimonies of God’s grace as they weather the storms that are howling around them. My mind went immediately back to my Bible reading from this morning in the book of Job. You’re probably familiar with the successive and difficult trials that touched his life in a very short period of time. After his friends charge him wrongfully, Job speaks up and then says,

I can’t even imagine going through all Job experienced, or what my friends are enduring, but I’m so touched at the solid faith they have in their God. Of course they’re asking the Lord for deliverance, but I also see that they are asking God for “faith to be sick.” In other words, they desire the faith to trust God even though they cannot understand what He is doing. They don’t know how long this will last, or even if they’ll ever be cured. They desire to stay close and trusting the Lord, never denying or cursing Him.