He gives and takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.

"The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord!"

-Job 1:21

He gives and takes away. I thought about this verse today as I contemplated that perhaps God was "taking away" something precious in my life. God is good. He doesn't take things from us to hurt us. I believe He allows sacred and precious things to be ripped from our lives at times. If there was something in our lives that was taking a higher place than God, He would remove it from our lives. God said He is a jealous God. (read the book of Exodous) He will not share His glory with anyone or anything. And I believe that if we keep putting something above Him in our life, He will remove it at least for awhile.

 You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Blessed be Your name