Job 42:5
“My ears had heard of you, but now my eyes have seen you.”

Job 42:7-9
After the LORD had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has. So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has." So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job's prayer.

Very interesting text this week...

Suffering isn't just about us...it is also about others.

God cares so much about us and those that are around us that He is willing to use our circumstances, not only in a way that touches us and changes us, but also as a witness to others. God cares about our friends. Not only did Job come out in greater knowledge of God...but so did the friends of Job.

When was the last time you thanked God for using your unfortunate moments in life to show you another side of Himself...as well as using you as a witness to your friends? Meditate on that...