Job 14:3 Is it upon such a one that you fix your eyes? Bring all to judgement before you? The world is full of differences of opinion. There has been a visible intolerance in baseball for unacceptable behavior in areas like treatment of women or gambling, but in the mainstream of America men… Continue reading Study of Job 14:3 – Opinions
Job 14:2 Like a flower, they blossom and wither, Like a shadow, they are fleeting and do not endure. I am out of the office, but I decided to call into a meeting. A meeting I do not have to be on, but one that I had nothing to prevent me from getting… Continue reading Study of Job 14:2 – Today, This Day
Job 14:1 Mortals are born With short lives sated with turmoil This reminds me of the phrase “Life is a beach and then you die.” Of course, the real word is not beach, but sounds similar. I associate this phrase with someone downplaying the complaints of another about how bad life is. Probably… Continue reading Study of Job 14:1 – Unnatural
Job 13:28 Wasting away like a wine skin, Like a garment devoured by the moth – I almost blocked someone on Facebook today. Turns out we aren’t friends, so I didn’t get that satisfaction; but I am glad to know we are not. I have never liked this person, but in a rare… Continue reading Study of Job 13:28 – The day after you turn 117
Job 13:27 You put my feet in shackles, Watch over all my paths, Mark Your brand on the soles of my feet, I finished working on Job 35:15, and I thought ‘I love this.’ Normally I do not like to think I love things, especially when people think I love my car,… Continue reading Study of Job 13:27 – Let Freedom Ring
Job 13: 26 That You decree bitter things for me, Make me inherit the iniquities of my youth. I have three more of these to finish this chapter and three more verses to finish my work in chapter 35. That means I am about 22 chapters behind if I were trying to catch… Continue reading Study of Job 13:26 – My Youth
Job 13:25 Would You torment a wind-blown leaf, Hound dry chaff? My brain is trying to sort through a whole bunch of different ideas as I start the day. Job is likening himself to things that do not matter. People are not things to be tossed aside. We are made in God’s image… Continue reading Study of Job 13:25 – It Don’t Matter, It Don’t Matter, It Don’t Matter to Me
Job 13:24 Why do You hide Your face, Treat me as Your enemy? My fellow people struggle with pride and its focus on self. “I am the most important person in the world to me.” is often our motto. As I age, I become more aware of my shortcomings even as I seem… Continue reading Study of Job 13:24 – The Painful Reminder
Job 13:23 How many are my iniquities, my sin? My transgressions and my sin, inform me. Sin and transgression were in Job 35:6 that I read this morning. Sin and transgression are in our every day as we go about our lives without God as the sole focus. We are not computers, but… Continue reading Study of Job 13:23 – Show me the Sin!
Job 13:21 Withdraw Your hand away from me, Let not my dread of You terrify me. I forgot to write done on the page, so I did this one again. Same prompt, difference response. Last week was vacation. I did almost nothing. It was the best vacation I won’t remember. The amount of… Continue reading Study of Job 13:21 – b – Dread, Vacation, and Looks