Nothing is going right

[Anonymous]

Fierce are the waves battering you now: a lying tongue, a manager who speaks falsehood with a straight face, and the burden of a child left untended. But listen to the Lord: whoever hears his words and does them is like a man who built his house on the rock. The rain descended, the floods came, the winds blew and beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon the rock. What are these floods? False accusations, plots, vexations from strangers, all the calamities of life. If you keep his commands, you stand above every wave. The devil himself shakes the weaker sort through such instruments. He stirred up Job’s wife to say, “Curse God and die,” but Job rebuked her. She spoke as one of the foolish women, and he did not give way. So too this woman who lied against you is but a tool; do not let her succeed in shaking your soul.

Always to give thanks, this is the mark of a philosophic soul. Have you suffered evil? If you will, it is no evil. Give thanks to God, and the evil is changed into good. The one who bears false witness is the one injured, not you. The soul that sinneth, itself shall die. But you, stand unmoveable. Pray for deliverance, as Cornelius and Tabitha prayed, and it availed. Yet know that afflictions are sent either because of sin or to make us approved, as the Lord said to Job: “Thinkest thou that I have spoken to thee, save that thou mightest appear righteous?” Entrust your child to God; he who cares for the sparrows will not forsake you. Do not make provision for the flesh to fulfill its lusts through anxious grasping at a better job. Seek first the care of your soul, and these things shall be added. Your true rock is obedience; on it you will outlast every storm.

Thank you for your words of encouragement!!!