Was Job Narcissistic?

[StillStanding]

We've all read or heard the story of Job. Most scholars believe the book was written by Job himself. Anyway, God allows Satan to bring financial and physical destruction upon Job to try and break him.

The moral is that God has power over what Satan can and cannot do. It is beyond our human ability to understand the "why's" behind all the suffering in the world. The wicked will receive their just dues. We cannot always blame our suffering and sin on our lifestyles. Suffering may sometimes be allowed in our lives to purify, test, teach or strengthen the soul. God remains enough, deserves and requests our love and praise in all circumstances of life.

Someone brought up an interesting point to me the other day. What about Job's wife and children? What was God's plan for their lives? Aren't we all special and matter to God?

Was their life's purpose to only be an asterisk in Job's story? Why did God let them die so Satan could try to make a point to Job? Are we not all equal in God's eyes?

Was Job merely telling the story from his own personal narcissistic point of view? Or....are some of us asterisks in someone else's story?