All of Us

The Book of Job tells a story about all of us.  

Job lost everything in a day.  

We will lose everything over a lifetime, slowly.

“Most of us will lose our lives slowly, over the span of a lifetime, having lost everything, leaving everything behind, all of our relationships, all of our possessions, all of our health, our youthfulness, our dreams…” -Pete Scazzero

It’s part of life to lose.

It’s part of life to be sad.

To be angry.

To grieve.

As Pete goes on to say, “In Western culture, we have an ascent theology, bigger and better.  We don’t have much of a theology for anger, sadness, waiting, or depression.”

In America’s Church, theology is often taught in the realm of the ‘good things.’  There’s not a lot of space for sadness, for lament, for the depressed and discouraged.  But in the Bible, there are entire books dedicated to those same things and people.

Just because the end is filled with hope doesn’t mean the journey isn’t one filled with pain.  

So if you find yourself hurting, longing, discouraged… there’s a good chance, you’ve found the right path towards hope.