Job 18:9 A trap seizes them by the heel, A noose tightens upon them. Two days left in the season and the Astros still have hope. We have come to expect them to be better and prepping for the playoffs, but the team has been a disaster in many ways since Jim Crane… Continue reading Study of Job 18:9 – #419 Traps and Nooses
Job 18:8 He is cast into a net by his feet, He walks into a pit fall. This whole week was supposed to be an easy week after the stress of last week and before my trip next week. Yesterday set that idea on its head, and now today and tomorrow look like… Continue reading Study of Job 18:8 – #418 Think
Job 18:7 His strong steps grow narrow, His own schemes cast him down. Over the course of my lifetime, I have made more mistakes than I can count. I know God could recall each one if He so chose, and I have this sneaky suspicion that one Judgement Day, everyone will get to… Continue reading Study of Job 18:7 – 417 Mistakes Galore
Job 18:6 The light goes dark in their tent, The lamp above them fails. “‘It was never about me.” is a quote some journalist attributed to the person who was recently assassinated. The hope from my perspective is that it was always about Christ. Based on many opinions I have heard, this was… Continue reading Study of Job 18:6 – #416 A Light to the World
Job 18:5 In due course, the light of the wicked will fail, The flame of their fire ceases to shine. Many years ago, I got tired of carrying more than I needed to meetings, and I developed a system in which I only needed a small notebook and a pen. I found a… Continue reading Study of Job 18:5 – #415 Wrong
Job 18:4 O’ you who tear yourself to shreds in your anger, Shall the world’s order be forsaken on your account? The rock be removed from it place? Hopefully, yesterday will mark a turning point in my life. It was not a good day, but I should be better for it. Incidentally,… Continue reading Study of Job 18:4 – #414 Order
Job 18:3 Why are we regarded as beasts? Considered stupid in your eyes? At Bible study this morning, we touched on the friction between the political spectrum and the lack of good exemplified by each side. To answer this verse’s questions, I would say because you act like uncivilized beasts and act as… Continue reading Study of Job 18:3 – #413 Acting like dumb beasts
Job 18:1-2 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied saying: How long before you put an end to your speeches? Consider us, and then we may speak. ‘Whiney baby’ is the phrase running through my mind. I feel like one sometimes. Bildad always seemed to be. In a meeting with a client’s client’s client yesterday,… Continue reading Study of Job 18:1-2 – #412 Asking
Job 17:16 To the chambers of Sheol it descends, Together we shall return to dust. I just learned that Sheol is the correct spelling and Microsoft left it out of the Word dictionary. I never thought Bill Gates and his people were godly, but I do not expect them to be blatantly anti-God.… Continue reading Study of Job 17:16 – #411 Hopes in Hell
Job 17:15 Where then is my hope, My hope, who can see it? Today is big estimated tax day. Since I am self-employed, I do not have to send in my taxes every month or so, but have to send them in about once a quarter. Today is the day I need to… Continue reading Study of Job 17:15 – #410 Living Water