Greatest Trial You have Endured!

[Sam]

Some times I sing this song as an affirmation of faith and as a prayer:

Job’s God is True


Verse One:
............I can feel.....the hand of Satan.......
............As the temper....tries me sore.....
............He has been before the Father.......
............Asking leave....to tempt me more....
............
The Chorus:
............Though God slay me....yet I'll trust Him....
............I shall then.....come forth as gold.....
............And I know...that He still liveth.....
............For I feel....Him in my soul.......
............
Verse Two:
............I can hear the Father grant it........
............Saying do not touch his life.....
............Though you crush him He'll not falter....
............He will rise....above the strife....
............
Verse Three:
............Though I struggle....some times stagger....
............By His grace....I'll make it through....
............For His grace....is all sufficient....
............And I know....His Word is true....
............
Verse Four:
............When I have looked....all around me......
............And His face....I cannot see....
............Then I know that through the lattice........
............He beholdeth even me......
............
The Chorus:
............Though God slay me....yet I'll trust Him....
............I shall then.....come forth as gold.....
............And I know...that He still liveth.....
............For I feel....Him in my soul.......
..........

I used to hear this on the radio back in the nineteen fifties.
It was sung by Jack Coe and used as a theme song.

[oletime]

The greatest ? My grandaughter being born,and then losing her 12 days later to a virus .

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by Margies3

Esther, when I saw this thread, the first thought that came to my mind was that there are two different trials that stand out as the hardest for me. One, of course, was Walt's aneurysm. But even that one was made much easier to make it thru because I had already come thru the first - dealing with my infertility and the questions that come with it. So I understand how you feel.

There really is NOTHING easy about infertility or about losing a baby, no matter at which stage you lose them. NOTHING! Do I have any answers? No, I wish I could say that I do. I don't. One thing I have decided tho is that I will never be convinced by anyone that GOD is responsible for this. I believe that there are things that happen in this world today that happen simply because of the way that the world was set into motion and because there is sin in the world. Does that mean that because we are unable to have children, it is because of our own sins? or even those of our spouse? ABSOLUTELY NOT! It may not even be because of sin in our cases and in many others. It may just be "because". Why do some people get cancer? Why do some people become diabetic? Because. Because that's the way life is.

GOD IS NOT PUNISHING US. In fact, I am completely convinced that His heart is breaking just as much as ours. I believe that every time we weep over this, He is there to dry our tears, hold us close and weep along with us. He does understand. And He does care.

It is cruel of people to say things to us like you've had said to you. I had an Apostolic pastor's wife say to me, "You should be grateful that God has not given you children. You can use your resources for travel, and clothes and lots of other fun stuff. You can't do that if you have kids". I let her know that I would live in a tent if it meant that I could be a mother! And I did give up alot when we adopted our boys - and would do it again in a heartbeat. That doesn't mean that adoption is the answer for everyone tho. Maybe God has another way that you can channel that love and that need in your heart. I don't know. But I do understand.

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by Truthseeker

I would say being accused of molesting my daughter. She did say something that could bring suspicion. She stated "daddy touched me down there and it hurt and said don't tell mommy" wow! She was about 4-5. What she was refering to the time I was tickling her in her lower abdomen and we were laughing having fun and somehow got into this thing back and forth about she's gonna tell mom and I would say you better not tickling her more, we did this back and forth for while just having fun. Well, with her age when she stated what happened she wasn't old enough to articulate it right and it was taken wrong. I know false accusations can come but not in a million years would I ever think I would be accused of such. I've had some sins to repent of but thankfully messing with kids has never been on the list.

Had to go through the whole CPS thing being seperated from my kids/wife for about a month. The CPS lady didn't help either, she added fuel to the fire. My 8 yr old son would cry asking for his daddy and such.... I still remember the intensity of hug when we reunited. he ran out his grandma's house running to me jumping in my arms squeezing me tight, just about brings me to tears now typing about it. My daughter was so young it didn't really effect her much, she didn't know what she said caused or even remembers the ordeal, I don't think.

It's truely amazing what you can endure with the grace of God. From the get go God begun to drop scriptures and thoughts in my mind to keep me. Of course, this could have been a marriage breaker, but God (I'm want to preach that one day "BUT GOD") revealed the truth behind it all, that is was a spiritual attack on us. A preacher, who knew nothing of the situation, prayed something over my wife that gave her a word on the situation breaking the oppression.

Totally unreal how something so painful was used to strengthen me and our marriage when it was all said in done.

Great is out God!

How horrible, but God is faithful!

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by oletime

The greatest ? My grandaughter being born,and then losing her 12 days later to a virus .

Sorry for your loss, oletime. That is tough.

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by Sam

Some times I sing this song as an affirmation of faith and as a prayer:

Job’s God is True


Verse One:
............I can feel.....the hand of Satan.......
............As the temper....tries me sore.....
............He has been before the Father.......
............Asking leave....to tempt me more....
............
The Chorus:
............Though God slay me....yet I'll trust Him....
............I shall then.....come forth as gold.....
............And I know...that He still liveth.....
............For I feel....Him in my soul.......
............
Verse Two:
............I can hear the Father grant it........
............Saying do not touch his life.....
............Though you crush him He'll not falter....
............He will rise....above the strife....
............
Verse Three:
............Though I struggle....some times stagger....
............By His grace....I'll make it through....
............For His grace....is all sufficient....
............And I know....His Word is true....
............
Verse Four:
............When I have looked....all around me......
............And His face....I cannot see....
............Then I know that through the lattice........
............He beholdeth even me......
............
The Chorus:
............Though God slay me....yet I'll trust Him....
............I shall then.....come forth as gold.....
............And I know...that He still liveth.....
............For I feel....Him in my soul.......
..........

I used to hear this on the radio back in the nineteen fifties.
It was sung by Jack Coe and used as a theme song.

I know the Coe family. My Mom worked at their school. Way back in the day.