Brave Little Gerda Faces the Icy Game of Reason

[Rita]

Job, your notes are so helpful to me. I read what you wrote a lot that day and since. Your heart is so kind and you have really used your own pain to gain perspective that helps others gain it too.

About the Crown of Thorns -- all that I said about hating the title is still on me, though what you are saying makes total sense, I still wish I could have avoided it. But seeing it as a crown of thorns is the way I DO wear it with pride. A friend reminded me yesterday not to expect too much of myself. Christ willingly chooses to suffer for us, but for us, we never or almost never choose to suffer. I mean, choosing to stand is choosing to suffer, but it's certainly not something I would choose in advance! But in willingly taking that crown, I think that I actually can walk with my head held high. There is not really a way for me to wear the title of divorced woman proudly but if I see it that way, I can feel some peace and even pride --

Philippians 3:8-11

Thank you a million, Job, for caring about me!