Eat, Drink and Be Merry for Tomorrow We Die

I remember from high school, the motto of my class in our youth was similar to this title. Even now we see the teenagers and there is such an appearance of feeling indestructable. But then there is also a teen that I know who has been told of a needed medical procedure. The actions taken look like this feeling of indestructability, but is in fact an opinion of needing to just keep doing life because there isn't time for the freeze that fear causes in our life and actions.

So what I thought to be the attitude of indestructability is more like the title of this post. But, this is a "heathen" phrase and attitude - or so I thought. It actually is very akin to the attitude taken by Job - when his wife told him to just curse God and die due to his afflictions in health.

But when you read the following, it is clear that Job's attitude is that we must take whatever comes our way - as it is fair to take the bad with the good, and not fair to expect good things only. Thus the attitude of just keep doing life and don't let circumstances freeze our actions - or worse cause us to curse God.

Job 2:1-10 (TNIV)
One day the members of the heavenly court came again
to present themselves before the LORD, and the Accuser, Satan, came with
them. “Where have you come from?” the LORD asked Satan.

Satan answered the LORD, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching
everything that’s going on.”

Then the LORD asked Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the
finest man in all the earth. He is blameless—a man of complete integrity. He
fears God and stays away from evil. And he has maintained his integrity, even
though you urged me to harm him without cause.”

Satan replied to the LORD, “Skin for skin! A man will give up
everything he has to save his life. But reach out and take away his
health, and he will surely curse you to your face!”

“All right, do with him as you please,” the LORD said to Satan. “But spare
his life.” So Satan left the LORD’s presence, and he struck Job with
terrible boils from head to foot.

Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the
ashes. His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to maintain your
integrity? Curse God and die.”

But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only
good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this, Job
said nothing wrong.

In all of this Job said nothing wrong. It is a true thing that it is our job to live, good or bad. Just like in wedding vows - in sickness and in health. We are not promised to have only the good things in life. Every good and perfect gift does not mean everything in life will be good and perfect; it won't be.

The question is, will you continue to love God and accept life - or will you turn bitter and hateful and let your life get frozen and without purpose and worth?