The NIV 365 Day Devotional

Suffering

Then Job replied:

2 “If only my anguish could be weighed
  and all my misery be placed on the scales!
3 It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas—
  no wonder my words have been impetuous.
4 The arrows of the Almighty are in me,
  my spirit drinks in their poison;
  God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
5 Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass,
  or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
6 Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
  or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow[a]?
7 I refuse to touch it;
  such food makes me ill.

8 “Oh, that I might have my request,
  that God would grant what I hope for,
9 that God would be willing to crush me,
  to let loose his hand and cut off my life!
10 Then I would still have this consolation—
  my joy in unrelenting pain—
  that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.

Job 6:1-10

When Job’s life fell apart, he asked the same questions human beings have asked for millennia: Why me? What did I do to deserve this? How could God allow this to happen to me? Maybe you’re in Job’s shoes— feeling abandoned, rejected and hopeless. Maybe you are demanding answers from God. But as Job discovered, knowing the God who created you is better than knowing the answers to all your questions. Because when you know and trust his love, you’ll find the freedom and hope that will enable you to trust in God’s control over all things, even your suffering.

Taken from Flourish: The NIV Bible for Women.