Job1:20 “Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. 22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.”

     In times of great sorrow, it is often difficult to maintain the proper perspective on life. It is not uncommon for us to dwell on the negative rather than the positive things that are before us and in our past. In these verses (Job 1:20-22), Job has just been informed that all his children were killed at one time in a single wind storm. This is a great tragedy with which any loving parent would have great difficulty coping. However, Job’s reaction is the proper one.

     We see that scripture says that “Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.” In other words, Job’s reaction was quite proper within the context of being a believer. As believers, we can approach life and death with a different mindset. Job, rather than being sorrowful for what he had lost, rejoices in what he had been given. Yes, he had just lost all of his children, but he realizes that he was blessed to have ever had the experience of having them in the first place. So, rather than sulk in his sorrows, he cries out “blessed be the name of the Lord.”

     We have so much to be thankful for in our lives everyday. With that in mind, we should adopt an attitude that shows thankfulness in all things. Some call this an “attitude of gratitude.” Maybe that is just a bit too glib, but there is some truth in that little phrase. If we can remember to be thankful for those things with which we have been blessed, we will have less time to sorrow over the things that have passed us by or have come and gone. So, we sorrow comes, focus on the things you do or have had rather than focusing on the losses. It will make life a lot more bearable and will certainly draw you closer to Christ