Job 42: Job’s Confession & Restoration
Behold, we count those blessed who persevere.
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Behold, we count those blessed who persevere.
Read More“Will you really annul My judgment?”
Read More“We must tell them that there is no pit so deep that He is not deeper still.”
Read More“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,
Or fix their rule over the earth?”
“Listen to this, O Job,
Stand and consider the wonders of God.”
“There is a wildness to the divine ordering of things which the Elihus of this world cannot stand.
Elihu cannot bear very much reality.”
“Do you intend to reprove my words,
When the words of one in despair
belong to the wind?”
“Behold, here is my signature;
Let the Almighty answer me!”
“I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me.”
Read More“And to man He said,
‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.’”
Jeremiah and Lamentations, can be hard books to read. Job can be a hard book to read. Their suffering can be overwhelming. But when you’re in your own hard times, these books give you solace as you realize that others have felt as you feel and thought what you think. They give you strength as […]
Read MoreA cliché often heard by Christians who are in the midst of tragedy is God is in control. This platitude sounds spiritual because, of course, it is true, but what Christian doesn’t believe God is in control? As I have been friends with Christian women over the years, listened to them, wept with them and […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 21: Wednesday O give us help against the adversary, For deliverance by man is in vain. Through God we shall do valiantly, And it is He who will tread down our adversaries. Psalm 60:11–12 – All three psalms in Wednesday’s Bible reading of Psalms 60–62, are psalms of […]
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