I am currently reading a book called, A Voice in the Wind, by Francine Rivers. She is also the other of, Redeeming Love, which is one of my favorite books. A Voice in the Wind is a fiction book. Last night as I was reading the following words jumped out at me. They are spoken in a meeting of Christian believers to encourage the characater Hadassah, who many think is a Jewish Roman slave.

"Ours is a struggle to live a godly life in a fleshly world. We must remember we are not called upon by God to make society a better place to live. We are not called upon to gain political influence, nor to preserve the Roman way of life. God has called us to a higher mission, that of bringing to mankind the Good News that our Redeemer has come..."

I am in the middle of reading the book of Job, who was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil. The following words declared by him in the midst of suffering, losing all things, and trying to process and defend why he was suffering came to my mind while reading the above passage, yet as he believed in his Redeemer without knowing all the details (speaking this many years before Jesus came), waited for him-- we have the opportunity to know his Redeemer and to have Him change our lives...

"I know that my Redeemer lives and that in the end he will stand upon the earth." Job 19:25