"Tho He Slay Me..."

This devotion is from Barb tonight:

"Though He slay me, yet will I hope in Him (or yet will I Praise Him) Job 13:15
This past Saturday night, I watched as my husband...Dave…..(many of you know him from some of his devotions on Rest Ministries…) was being beaten and pummeled right in front of my eyes at the front door of our home…by two males…18 and 19 years old…hyped up on drugs and alcohol……I ran to his aid…trying desperately myself, to beat off one of the assailants with my fist and a shoe....and I cried out to them…"Please don't do this to my husband…he is weak with cancer and he has a severely damaged spine already"…but they continued to beat him…he had only gone out to offer to call them a cab to get them off the premises….my husband is the ultimate "believer" in being a "peacemaker"…..but as I watched this unfolding before our eyes I was crying out to the Lord……WHY????? WHY LORD??? Why would you allow this to happen to us….??? What is the reason behind this…?? What is it that you need us to learn from this??...but I just kept hearing the words of Job…"though He slay me, I will praise Him"……….today I have no idea still why this happened…Dave lays in severe pain…bruised all over and needing to go to the hospital today for another procedure….and I still can't explain it…but I keep hearing those words…"though He slay me..I will praise him…I will hope in him"…wow…Is that what I needed to learn???
What is "beating" you up today???? For some it's financial "beatings"…for so many of us it's "physical" beatings….maybe it's the "beating" of isolation…Maybe the "beating" of grieving a life you used to have….I don't know what your "beating" is but "Though he slay me…I will praise him" !!! Can we truly say this??? Can we truly live this??? I believe we can…it doesn't mean the hurt and "sting" of the sin of this world is going to go away…but maybe we can still try to "praise him and have hope in HIM" even though we are being slain.
Our hearts cry out for the HOPE of our eternal God and Father… In HIM is our safety net…
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About the Author:
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Barb Stallings is the wife and caretaker of Dave (37 years), mom to Brad, Amy, Annie… (their spouses !) "Grammy" to Sarah, David, Elle and Leo. She suffers from severe CFIDS/Fibromyalgia and multiple chemical sensitivities… She lives in Peoria, Arizona with Dave and "Capt" Jack Stallings, their "shihztu-llhasa". Barb can be reached at grammybarb@qwest.net. Our website address is www.nowwhut.org.