But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.This general sentiment is something that it often seems is missing from some modern Christians. We are given no promise that God will never allow bad thing to happen to us. He has not promised that it will be clear skies always. This is a fallen world, and thing will happen that we don't like, but can't prevent. That is part of our curse, and must be understood and accepted, before it can be dealt with.
Also, I notice that Job says that the good comes from God, but he doesn't say that about evil. It may be implied, but it's not stated, and I wonder if Job intentionally did not state it. While God is all-powerful, He is not (for lack of a better term) all-controlling. By that, I mean He does not direct every tiny aspect of the universe moment by moment. Much of it He has started in motion, and allows events to occur based on the rules He set up. This is not to say that He is uninvolved or uncaring, but He doesn't direct every last raindrop on when and where to fall, or decide that a hurricane should happen now that will kill dozens of people, or initiate an earthquake, or make a rainbow happen after a storm. He has set the rules by which these things happen, and He allows those rules to go unhelped or unhindered. But they don't need His hand directly instigating them.
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