In the Land of Uz there lived a very patient man.
Job was his name, and his fame had spread throughout the land.
He owned 7000 sheep, 3000 camels, too.
He had 1000 oxen, and so many things to do.
Job had ten precious children. He also had a wife.
He had many helpful servants, oh how happy was his life.
But one thing made Job different from other men in Uz.
He loved God and did good no matter where he was.
God was very proud of Job for doing such good deeds.
Because Job often helped the poor, and those with special needs.
But one day Satan came to God to tell God where he'd been,
God asked if he had looked at Job, a man who hated sin.
"Does Job serve God for nothing?" said Satan to the Lord.
You have made him very rich, and blessed him with great rewards.
"If you take away Job's blessings, he'll stop doing what is right.
He will soon be doing things that are wicked in your sight."
So God allowed cruel Satan to take away Job's joy.
In a single day Job's children died, and his riches were destroyed.
Even though Job's heart was broken, he did not give up the fight.
He kept on trusting God and continued doing right.
But Satan wasn't finished being cruel to this poor man.
So he talked with God again, about another wicked plan.
"You know Job only serves you, God, because he is not sickly.
If you let me take his health, he will curse you very quickly."
God new Job wouldn't turn away from doing what was right.
So he let the wicked devil take Job's health and all his might.
Upon the skin of Job painful boils began to grow,
from the tip top of his head to the bottom of his toe.
He could not sleep at night because the boils hurt so much.
And his entire body hurt whenever it was touched.
So he sat in piles of ashes feeling lonely and down,
and he stretched the painful boils as he sat upon the ground.
His three friends came to see him from many miles around,
to visit their poor friend who was sitting on the ground.
Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar were Job's three caring friends,
who came to try and help poor Job be happy once again.
But his friends couldn't understand why job was suffering.
They thought he must have done some very wicked thing.
But Job knew he had done nothing that would cause God to get mad.
Yet he wondered why the Lord allowed his life to get so bad.
So he prayed that God would speak to him, letting him know why
All this pain had come into his life and his children had to die.
For many days job pleaded, to be answered by the Lord.
God heard his many cries and listened to his word.
Then God began to speak to Job to help him understand,
that only God can rule the world and make it fit for man.
God asked Job to explain how the stars stay in the sky.
He asked him to explain how the soaring Eagles fly.
Could Job, as a man, catch the the huge Leviathan?
Could Job kill behemoth or trap him in a pen?
When God had finished speaking, Job bowed his head in prayer.
He knew that he was wrong to question God's good care.
But God was very happy with the patience of this man.
So God gave him twice as much as he had when he began.
Job had 14,000 sheep, 6000 camels, too.
He had 2000 oxen; now there was more to do.
Job had ten more children. He still had his wife.
He had many more new servants, oh how happy was his life.
He had three more daughters who made his life so grand.
They grew to be the fairest of all women in the land.
Job lived for many years, watching his grandchildren grow.
But he started getting old, it was time for him to go.
So Job died a happy man, old and full of days.
And God was very proud of Job for all his patient ways.