Every Wednesday, our church holds a Bible study. This week, we are scheduled to watch a
documentary about the Korean Christian community called "Modern-Day Job."
The documentary focuses on a man known as “Church Brother,” a nickname reflecting his popularity in the church and the way everyone considered him a brother.
He was in his early 40s, married, and both he and his wife had good jobs and had a comfortable life by any standard.
One day, he felt discomfort in his stomach, made an appointment to see a doctor, and discovered he had stage 4 intestinal cancer. He began chemotherapy, but during the treatment,
His mother passed away.
Before the documentary started, I noticed my pastor placing Kleenex boxes around the room. It must be a tear-jerker, I thought, but I told myself I wouldn't cry. Then, his wife felt a lump in her neck, went to the hospital, and was diagnosed with lymphoma.
This is the main reason the Korean Christian community called him the modern-day Job.
They never asked, "Why?" They simply accepted what was happening and never complained. They repented. The church they attended supported the couple throughout. In the midst of it all, his wife became pregnant and gave birth to a beautiful, healthy girl.
I felt like one of Job’s friends appeared. After the movie ended, I was left with many questions and struggled to make sense of it all.
Why did he accept all that happened to him and his wife? Furthermore, with his mother
gone, in the entire 70-minute documentary, he never asked God why or pleaded for healing from their illnesses. When did he say he repented? Was it in general, or were there specific details?
He refused pain medicine because he wanted to be awake to hear God’s word. He said he didn’t want to be in a confused state of mind while listening to God’s word.
They were thankful for the time he had until his daughter turned 3.
How could I comprehend the divine might in God’s plan? Yet after the movie, I walked away
full of questions. Furthermore, I felt like I was one of the Job friends, heartless, judgmental, and
no empathy. Of course, if I didn’t read today’s passage on the Job, I probably would never reflected on myself at all.
Every Wednesday, our church holds a Bible study. This week, we are scheduled to watch a
documentary about the Korean Christian community called "Modern-Day Job."
The documentary focuses on a man known as “Church Brother,” a nickname reflecting his popularity in the church and the way everyone considered him a brother.
He was in his early 40s, married, and both he and his wife had good jobs and had a comfortable life by any standard.
One day, he felt discomfort in his stomach, made an appointment to see a doctor, and discovered he had stage 4 intestinal cancer. He began chemotherapy, but during the treatment,
His mother passed away.
Before the documentary started, I noticed my pastor placing Kleenex boxes around the room. It must be a tear-jerker, I thought, but I told myself I wouldn't cry. Then, his wife felt a lump in her neck, went to the hospital, and was diagnosed with lymphoma.
This is the main reason the Korean Christian community called him the modern-day Job.
They never asked, "Why?" They simply accepted what was happening and never complained. They repented. The church they attended supported the couple throughout. In the midst of it all, his wife became pregnant and gave birth to a beautiful, healthy girl.
I felt like one of Job’s friends appeared. After the movie ended, I was left with many questions and struggled to make sense of it all.
Why did he accept all that happened to him and his wife? Furthermore, with his mother
gone, in the entire 70-minute documentary, he never asked God why or pleaded for healing from their illnesses. When did he say he repented? Was it in general, or were there specific details?
He refused pain medicine because he wanted to be awake to hear God’s word. He said he didn’t want to be in a confused state of mind while listening to God’s word.
They were thankful for the time he had until his daughter turned 3.
How could I comprehend the divine might in God’s plan? Yet after the movie, I walked away
full of questions. Furthermore, I felt like I was one of the Job friends, heartless, judgmental, and
no empathy. Of course, if I didn’t read today’s passage on the Job, I probably would never reflected on myself at all.
Thank you, Rev. Dr. Jeremy
Thanks for sharing that, See. It seems there are many unexplainable aspects to suffering. Some are difficult to explain from the outside looking in.