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The Book of Job and Acceptance
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The book of Job and Acceptance

Author: Allan J. Katz

The Book of Job and Acceptance
There is a verse in the second chapter of Job (2:10) which says, "Should we only accept good from G-d and not evil?" It got me to thinkin' (My Southern roots are showing) about acceptance and how true this is. We allow negative occurrences, beliefs, people and situations to affect us and we begin to question, "why me?" "What did I do wrong to deserve this? " And this negativity shadows the ot …