For
affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the
ground, but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. (Job 5:6-7)
The only thing truly strange about our troubles, is our
dogged belief that having troubles is truly strange. Here is how N.D. Wilson
puts it:
"Heat rises. Man is born to
trouble. When Job lifted his face to the Storm, when he asked and was answered,
he learned that he was very small. He learned that his life was a story. He
spoke with the Author, and learned that the genre had not been an accident. God
tells stories that make Sunday school teachers sweat and mothers write their
children permission slips excusing them from encountering reality…Nails are
forged for pounding. Man is born to trouble. Man is born far trouble. Man is
born to battle trouble. Man is born for the fight, to be forged and
molded—under torch and hammer and chisel—into a sharper, finer, stronger image
of God." (Death by Living, page 69)
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