Job 18:20

At their fate, earlier ages are appalled,

   Generations to come, seized by horror.

Yesterday was a great day. I found out my blood work was not good, and I started to do something about it. I also read Romans 12 which has a great to do list for Christians even though it is not about to do lists. And I started my real Study of Job where I am looking for Christ in the story.

‘At their fate’ was also ‘at their day’ and ‘at his day of calamity’. ‘Earlier ages’ was also ‘of the West’, ‘they that came after’, ‘generations to come’, ‘letter day men’, and ‘late comers’. The variation was ‘astonishing’. ‘Appalled’ was also astonished, ‘shocked’, and ‘dumb struck’.

‘Generations to come’ was also ‘those of the East’, ‘those that went before’, ‘the previous ones’, ‘the ancients’, and ‘old timers’. Some sources matched while some opposed in the two stitches. ‘Seized by horror’ was also ‘with terror’, ‘frightened’, or ‘with dread’. I picked horror to match appalled, but it might have been intended to be fear.

This chapter has one more verse and it feels like a mini accomplishment to get this far. Once again, I am hoping that I live long enough to finish this off. Not that doing so will define my life for me, but it does seem a goal that ‘those who come after’ might benefit from if I can get it together and available. Again, not for my glory but for God’s.

The father of one of my wife’s childhood friends was honored at an end-of-life service the other day. People praised his love of sports and his devotion to his grandkids. I have had much happiness from baseball and hope to be great with my grandkids, but I want my life to be thought of in terms of how I served God by being a light for Christ, for serving others, and for instilling the life of Christ into my kids and family and friends. Whatever happiness I have had or will have is nothing compared to the joy from loving God and my neighbor/family.

I can’t wait for this chapter to be over as I am tired of Bildad’s missing the point. I am really getting the idea of hot air that they have been arguing over. In Romans 13 this morning, I read Paul telling us to not be about debating doubtful things. If the Bible is not clear in the minds of others and it takes faith to get what we think God is saying, then we are to let the other person believe what they want as long as it is not clearly wrong. Being a vegetarian is not for me, but I am not to downplay the significance God might have given it to others. Of course, they are not to condemn me for eating meat either.

Written 10/16/25, Posted 11/3/25, Job 430/~1070