Suffering, then, is not wasted. When we find ourselves in the deep waters of sorrow, grief, and lament, God is at work, growing and maturing us.

It’s clear that the God of Job is the same Lord of steadfast love we see throughout the whole of Scriptures.

I want to spend this brief time pleasing the one who could destroy me but has instead chosen to rescue me.

Maybe it’s in our deepest valleys and most broken places where Jesus meets us—not with relief or by pulling us out of our pain and suffering, but by simply holding us close, holding our faith.

Scripture tells us God is working all things for our good, yet if we’re honest each one of us probably has an area of life where we feel like we are perpetually waiting in the bad.