Being there for the long haul
Job 18 sees us back with Bildad, Job’s friend. One of Job’s comforters. Bildad: Oh for goodness sake, Job, you’re being ridiculous. When are you going to stop talking such rubbish? Be sensible, and then we...
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What kind of witness is that?
So now we’ve arrived at Job Chapter 15 and Job’s friend Eliphaz’s latest response to his friend. I set you the challenge yesterday of reflecting on how you would respond. I wonder if it...
Don’t tell me what to say or think!
And so we move on to Job’s next reply. He appears to be getting more and more short-tempered, more and more desperate. Job: Well, of course, you think you’re the only ones with anything important...
Know your place
And so we return to Job. To another troubled outpouring. Job chapters 9-11 are Job’s language of pain followed by his friend Zophar’s response. Job: I know, my friend. I know all you’re saying is...
What have I done to deserve this?
Yesterday we witnessed Job in a very dark place. Devoid of hope. Overflowing with questions. What I have done to deserve this? Why are you laying all this at my door? Are you doing...
Just hold on
It’s Job’s turn again. Turn to find the words to express his anguish. Again my paraphrase. This time of chapters 6 to 8 of the book of Job. Job: If only you knew. If only...
Learning from the best
Let me tell you about learning to dance. I’d always been told that I couldn’t dance. That I would never be able to learn to dance. Actually, that’s not true, when I was about...
A language for pain
Job has had it tough. Really tough. He’s lost his children and all of his livestock. He’s covered in a horrific skin disease. And no, he hasn’t turned his back on God or blamed...
God of the good days and the bad days
Yesterday, we saw how Job lost all his animals and all his children and yet still managed not to blame God and to give him praise – “Naked I came from my mother’s womb,...
God gives, God takes.
First day of the month, first chapter of a new book. The book of Job. Which is actually a very old book. Possibly the oldest book in this whole library that we call the...
