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God is good. That's the mindset that was present through it all, even when the outcome was uncertain and death was appearing to have the upper hand.

God. Is. Good.

I grew up in a way that not many people my age could relate to. When I was four years old my mom got cancer for the first time. That was followed by three more cancers. Four cancers in ten years.

Stage-four ovarian. Tumor around her sciatic nerve. Colon. Breast. Definitely not the recipe for a normal childhood.

But God was good. My mom is the biggest warrior of a woman that I have ever met. Her faith in God is on another level. She doesn't worry about a thing because she's already made it further than she was expected to so now, at this point, every single day is a gift and should be treated like one. Some of her doctors call her a walking miracle. When a non-Christian DOCTOR says you're a miracle then you know that God had His hand upon your life for a reason. 

My mom learned early on in her cancer journey that God was in control no matter what her circumstances were. He was looking out for her, and was going to use her story in amazing ways for HIS glory, not hers. 

Hospitals were my childhood. Hope was my childhood. Trusting in God was my childhood because that is all that I could do.

Being raised with that type of mindset will change everything for you. It gives a completely different perspective on the lemons that life throws. It gives you an understanding of what matters most in life and how you can go about dealing with issues. Not only that, but it also provides counsel to others that are dealing with similar issues.

God has proven countless times that His plan does not make sense in my mind. I'm completely fine with that. He is huge, and I am super small. I'm not here for me. I'm here for He who made me.

While reading Job I was intrigued by his hopeless mindset because that's the same mindset that so many Christians have today. Everybody needs to study Job just to understand the fact that it isn't about them, and it's all about Him. Every time that I begin to get upset about things that are happening in my life, I now have this book to look at and realize that it's a God sanctioned occurrence. He will never give you anything you can't handle so if you look at the positives in every negative situation then you are bound to have a far less stressful life.

Never lose sight of God's goodness because He IS good.

What are your thoughts on suffering? Has the book of Job changed your views on it? If so, in what way?