Persevering Like Job

I was thinking about Job today. He was not the prophet, just a righteous man that the Lord had prospered in the land. He lost his wealth. He lost his family. He lost his health to very painful boils. He still remained true to his God, even after his friends told him to give up.

We all know this story, BUT have we thought of his impact down through the generations? While suffering, he probably thought of himself as a tormented nobody that had lost everything. But he had developed a relationship with his Father in Heaven and was committed to his covenants. This sustained him enough to know that this life was not the end, and that he would someday stand before his maker with a perfected body. He needed to live for that.

I doubt that he thought about his impact on the future, just as we seldom think of our impact on our posterity. However his story has helped millions throughout history to stay true, to stay the course, to persevere, to endure, to win the race of life. He has certainly been a hero to me, along with Elder Neal A. Maxwell, who both inspire me to keep on keeping on.