Well If That Doesn't Beat All

        Do you ever wake up in the morning and wonder what God is going to show you today?  Every now and then, we may make the statement, "Well if that doesn't beat all."  Something had just happened which surprised you or at least it was something completely unexpected.  you may have just walked into a room and found a person whom you had not seen for years or a letter comes from a friends that you forgot about years ago.  These are all minor things compared to what happened on that day when Job and his friends had come to an end of their discussion concerning Job's problems.   Job 38:2-3 says, "Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?  Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me."   
      We know that Job had lost everything and had gone through terrible suffering.  When something happens to us, we find comfort in reading about Job because in the end, he comes out better than before.  God gets his attention with the words, "...you don't know what you are talking about."    That's a loose definition of "..darkening counsel without knowledge."  Then God goes on and gives Job a really good science lesson which covers most things from the weather to the formation and maintaining of the universe.  God mentions the snow and the hail, various animals, the oceans and the paths that are in them.  He mentions star formations and how the earth was hung upon nothing.  Job had to be sitting in shear amazement as God went rapidly from one thing to another.  Of course, what a blessing it was for him and what great knowledge and blessing it is for us.  So, now, we can get up in the morning and wonder what God is going to show us today.  We can ask, "God, how are you going to work in my life today?"  "What lessons and blessings do you have for me?"   Your day can begin with, "Well, another day, another dollar." or it can begin with "If that doesn't beat all."  God seems to always have surprises for each and everyone of us   We may always feel like we are darkening counsel by words without knowledge, i.e., don't know what we are talking about, but God has something great for us.  So, hold on to your hats because God has just begun another day for us all.  Praise god today for His creation, both great and small and expect to be blown away.