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Job chapter 29, verses 2 and 3.

Oh, that I were as in the months of old,

as in the days when God watched over me,

when his lamp shone upon my head,

and by his light I walked through darkness.

All throughout this chapter, Job 29, Job is looking back and remembering the days when

everything seemed to be going really well, when he was healthy, when he was surrounded by his family,

he starts talking about his children, and just all the evidences of God's goodness in his life,

and not just in his life, but through his life, he starts reminiscing about how he was

able to help the needy and he was

reaching out to others, serving others, doing all kinds of good things for others, was a counselor

to others. And as he looks back, he's obviously longing for those days and wondering what has happened.

But as I read Job 29, I can't help but to think about the usefulness in the middle of difficult days

to look back and remember God's goodness in days where things were not as difficult.

And to remember God's love and God's provision and God's mercy in all those ways.

And even Job's language here, he says, oh, that I was in the months of old as in the days

when God watched over me, when his lamp shone upon my head and by his light I walked through

darkness. And obviously the implication could be now during these days God is not watching over me.

His lamp is not shining upon my head.

When we know, when we know from Job chapter 1 and chapter 2 that God has not removed his

lamp from Job, that yes, Job is undoubtedly walking through unimaginable suffering,

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