Love Unfailing

9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite did as the Lord commanded them, and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer. 10 When Job prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes. In fact, the Lord gave him twice as much as before! 11 Then all his brothers, sisters, and former friends came and feasted with him in his home. And they consoled him and comforted him because of all the trials the Lord had brought against him. And each of them brought him a gift of money[a] and a gold ring. 12 So the Lord blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning.
- Job 42


Many people have different thoughts and opinions to many things. People are all different in many ways because we come from different background and experiences. So our way of thinking differs from one another. In Job's life, Job had friends who came from a culture or background that may have thought that when you go through terrible things, it can only mean that you are a terrible person for GOD to allow you to go through such horrible events. In other words, these friends of Job were Judgmental and probably simple and closed minded. But GOD wanted to correct this kind of thinking in man. Through Jobs life, GOD proved to Job's friends that HE is not "that" kind of GOD whom they think that HE is, the Sovereign GOD is more!


You may be going through a tough time right now, and some of your friends have left you, judged you and condemned you for what has happened in your life, where they should be encouraging you and praying for you. You may even feel that you may have done something wrong and that you don't deserve anything from GOD. But hope again my friend, in the GOD whose love is unfailing and whose faithfulness are more sure than the sun rising each morning. When you go through difficulties, consider it a way to receive greater blessings in the future. Do not give up believing in the goodness of GOD, because no matter what you go through HE will never cease to be good because that is just who HE is. Hold on to the unfailing love of GOD. If you can't understand what HE is allowing you to go through, if you can't understand what HE is thinking, trust HIS heart, because His love is unfailing. 

Approved by GOD

21 Hanokh lived sixty-five years and fathered Metushelach. 22 After Metushelach was born, Hanokh walked with God 300 years and had sons and daughters. 23 In all, Hanokh lived 365 years. 24 Hanokh walked with God, and then he wasn’t there, because God took him.
- Genesis 5

Hanokh must have been one special person. What was so special about this man? Hanokh's life on earth has been short, shorter than the other men that lived during his time. Even the Bible only tells of Enoch's life very briefly. But this man's life is such an inspiration for he walked with GOD for those years and had other sons and daughters. But the most important part was that he walked with GOD for 300 years and afterwards he was gone all of a sudden. No trace of his body was found because GOD had took him to be with HIM. Hanokh bore a son at a younger age than most men who had sons in during that time. Could this be the reason why he was a little different from the men of his time?

It is possible that this could have altered the way he looked at life and himself. 

When we are in an extra-ordinary situation in life, or when we are more different than what others are usually in our time, we stand out, sometimes we become isolated and this is not a pleasant thing. But being different could be a good thing because it allows us to find our belongingness in GOD. When we don't fit in, we try to look for a place where we feel safe and we don't have to feel left out. We find and if we are wise, we have to find ourselves in GOD because HIS love is the only place we can be ourselves with and we don't have to feel bad about it. Hanokh's circumstance may have set him apart and made him different from everybody else, but it brought greater good to him than bad because it made him walk with GOD all those years until GOD wanted to take him and suddenly Hanokh was home with the LORD without even have to experience death. Hanokh was a man approved by GOD and people may not have known that he was until GOD took him.