thin king

Good morning to all,

Bearing Misfortune

There is a story that goes around the world; and like a boomerang,
sometimes finds its way home to the sender. From word of mouth
to postal service, to facsimile machines, to computer e-mail, speed,
it has reached and left its message to millions of people. It is a
story that flip-flops from good to bad, from fortune to misfortune, to
carry its message that whatever happens, it's not the end.

It is a simple story about a farmer, his son and their horse; the events
about the horse running away (bad) and returning with six wild horses
(good), the son riding the wild horse and broke his leg (bad) and
escaping conscription for the war because of his broken leg (good).
The story stops here, but it could go on and on, to show that life does
not end with a misfortune, and that a misfortune is not necessary bad.

This story has certainly given comfort and hope to many who would
otherwise have succumbed to despair.

There is another story, much more severe and annihilating, almost;
the story of Job.

Job was a very prosperous man in very ancient time, the wealthiest
at that time. When God praised him, Satan responded that it was
because Job had what he had. To prove Satan wrong, God allowed
Job to lose all his possessions and to suffer a very severe sore from
his head to his soles. This kind of misfortune is certainly one no man
is able to endure; the loss of everything including his family, the
discomfort, the ridicule by people who once admired him, and being
forsaken by all except a few old friends. But Job did not turn away
from God as Satan had predicted; he stood true to God; complained
yes, but remained righteous and faithful to God always.

Well, God rewarded Job more than he had lost; he recovered, got back
his family and twice of everything he had owned before and lost. Job
lived to a very old age and saw his great great grandchildren.

Have a nice day.
Ronald