Test of Faith in God

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What would you do if your house caught on fire, and you’re asleep? What would you say? Think? In the poem “Here follow some verses upon the burning of our house, July10, 1666”, Anne Bradstreet’s attitude toward the loss of her material possessions is similar to that of Job’s, from the Book of Job on the Bible. In the Book of Job, the Devil questions Job’s loyalty to God and asked him to test him. He burned everything he valued, family, home, and all his riches. He gave Job and skin disease, Black Leprosy. In the poem “Here follow some verses upon the burning of our house, July10, 1666”, Anne Bradstreet was asleep and was woken by hearing the words, “ Fire, Fire”, her home was on fire. Everything she worked hard for was gone, her possessions, she owned and loved dearly gone. Job never lost faith in God after losing everything he worked for and loved. God gave him more than he lost for his actions, and he was grateful. Anne Bradstreet prayed to God, but she never cursed him. She knows that God will give her a better home in heaven, and that all she lost is no needed where she’s going. So what would you do if all that happens to you? Would you lose faith in God? Anne Bradstreet and Job are two different people and they lost everything, but they held on to faith in God. In the poem “Here follow some verses upon the burning of our house, July10, 1666”, and the “Book of Job”, Anne Bradstreet, and Job explained their stories of the test in Gods Faith. Lacey Begnaud 3rd block 11th

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