Learn To Teach
Volume 2, Day 19
After my father injured his eye so severely that it had to be surgically removed, doctors and nurses commented on how well he accepted the loss. His response was indeed exceptional. Throughout the ordeal I never heard him complain.
After the accident someone asked, “Why would God allow this to happen? What does your dad have to learn at his age?”
Not every tragedy is the result of God renewing us through tough life lessons. There is always something we can learn from suffering. But in this case, my father was the teacher as well as the student.
Dad’s response to pain and loss, combined with my mother’s ongoing godly response to her own health problems, is teaching me the lesson that God’s servant Job knew was true. At the height of his suffering, his wife urged him to “curse God and die!” (Job 2:9). But Job responded, “Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” (v.10). Job didn’t understand the reason for his suffering, yet he affirmed his steadfast belief in a God who had the right to allow trouble in our lives as well as good. In times of suffering it’s important to consider what God would have us teach, as well as what He would have us learn.
Author
Julie Ackerman Link
