The gospel of the cross is the grace that ends the winter of suffering that weighs down our lives and transforms us into the spring of life.
Suffering is the path to life, and only after going through suffering can we know God's will.

--- p.12

Job could not understand the suffering that had befallen him, but he confessed the most fundamental realization that his suffering had become a blessing.
First, he discovered his existential self through suffering, and second, he came to focus on Almighty God.

--- p.30

Prayer is a confession of the lowliness of man's most fundamental nature, his own earthiness and the ultimateness of God, that all things come from God.
Prayer is the most humbling of oneself and the most exalting of God, and it is the thorough confession that God is the beginning and the end of all things.

--- p.48

What is more important than any interpretation of the various difficult situations each of us experiences is to live out reality with faith, with the toil of tearful love and the patience of hope.
Only after passing through such a long tunnel will you realize, 'Ah, God has hidden such an amazing plan for you.'

--- p.68

When we are in the midst of suffering and pain, we must strive to meet God.
No matter what kind of pain you are in, the moment you experience God, the pain is no longer pain.
The reason suffering is a blessing in disguise is because suffering is an invitation calling us to meet God.

--- p.72

The purpose of prayer is not to fulfill wishes.
Prayer is the breath of the soul that cannot live without God.
Through prayer our soul breathes.
It is a report of survival to God through spiritual breathing.
If you are in so much pain that it is difficult to pray, it is okay to take a deep sigh.
Sighing is okay too.
God hears even the smallest groans.

--- p.94

Even the most righteous man on earth, like Job, could not avoid suffering.
There is no right answer to avoid or overcome hardship.
However, the Book of Job contains many conversations and records of wisdom on how to get through times of hardship.

--- p.105

When we are suffering, we need to turn all our eyes to the Lord and focus on God.
The pain itself is difficult, but we must cut off all the surrounding noises that make it more difficult and focus on God.

--- p.123

Even though we know that we will not live forever, we live as if we will live forever on this earth, with the expectation that we will be able to live forever.
There is no other way to eternal life than through death and resurrection.
Only those who think about death can hope for eternal life.
Suffering is the trumpet call of the soul that awakens us to remember death and to reach eternity.
--- p.124

They go forward and backward to see where God is, turn left and right to see if He is working, and try to see God, but they lament that they cannot see Him.
He continued to seek God because only in God can he be judged correctly.
Because only God knows exactly Job's heart and value.

--- p.160

People who empathize with the suffering of others by experiencing their own suffering look at it differently.
Empathetic eyes and wet eyes, these are eyes you can't see in just anyone.
When a person in suffering goes beyond his own suffering and empathizes with and shares in the suffering of others, he comes to understand Jesus' perspective.

--- p.174

The reason suffering is called God's furnace is because the furnace melts ore, burning away unnecessary impurities or melting it to extract the necessary minerals.
Small amounts of minerals that were not visible due to the many impurities may be revealed as precious gold or jewels.

--- p.207

The source of wisdom is unknown.
It cannot be found anywhere in the universe, anywhere in the created world.
So where does wisdom come from? God! God is wisdom itself.
Job asserts that wisdom comes from God.

--- p.214

Humans cannot possibly approach wisdom itself, but the closest approach is through 'fearing God' and 'shunning evil.'
This is similar to the repeated praise in the beginning of the Book of Job, where Job is called a man who “feared God and shunned evil.”
God was not boasting about Job's integrity.
God was boasting about Job's wisdom.

--- p.216

To fear the Lord and exalt him, I must humble myself.
It must be lowered continuously and without ceasing.
Only by laying aside all confidence and presumption, whether in words or actions, and being humble before God can we live a life that fears God.

--- p.218