Job 19:5 Though you vaunt yourselves above me,    Use my disgrace as an argument against me,   I experimented with pork bellies last night. I was not sure everyone would eat them, and not sure they would turn out, so I also browned some hamburger meat and warmed up some sausage. Turns out everyone… Continue reading Study of Job 19:5 – #435 Others

Job 19:4 If indeed I have erred,    Does my error adhere to me?   I now love this verse. I have struggled to put into words how we should feel about forgiving others for their sins. I know we are to not judge, and I know we are to love our enemies, and I… Continue reading Study of Job 19:4 – #434 To Err or not to Be

Job 19:3 Ten times now you have insulted me,    Are you not ashamed to wrong me?   Ten was the number for completeness. Job had seven sons and three daughters for a total of ten, and completeness. Maybe today will be my tenth time of trying to do better, and I will complete that… Continue reading Study of Job 19:3 – #433 In a Tunnel

Job 19:1-2 Then Job replied saying: How long will you torment me,    Crushing me with words?   After I received the results of my blood work from the lab, I wondered how many drugs my doctor was going to offer to fix me. I know that almost all of it is related to not… Continue reading Study of Job 19:1-2 – #432 The Crush of People

Job 18:21 Surely, such are the dwellings of evil,    The place of ones who know not God.   I was just writing about my paradigm of what evil is, and this verse matches it exactly. As I told my Bible study group this morning, I am enjoying life more now that I am spending… Continue reading Study of Job 18:21 – #431 Not the Last Sentence I was Expecting

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… Continue reading Study of Job 18:20 – #430 Appalled

Job 18:19 They have neither children nor grandchildren among their people,    No survivor where they lived.   I am not as healthy as I want to be, and it is all my fault. When I was a kid, I played all the time in some sport or physical activity. Once I started working, physical… Continue reading Study of Job 18:19 – #429 Exercise?

Job 18:18 They are thrust from the light into darkness,    Driven out of the inhabited world.   Hot air is the impression I have of this verse. Bildad has gone on too long and no longer is in touch with any reality. I have found that my time away from social media is providing… Continue reading Study of Job 18:18 – #428 The Wild

Job 18:17 All thought of them is lost from the earth,    Their name is not known in the land.   One of the goals of many wayward souls is to be remembered. They want to go down in history, have cities named after them, or have buildings with their names on them, or even… Continue reading Study of Job 18:17 – #427 Make a Name

Job 18:16 Below, their roots are dried up,    Above, their boughs cut off.   I had a dream in which the rule of actuarial risk had demanded no trees more than about 10’ taller than the surrounding house in order to prevent a limb or the whole tree from falling and damaging the house… Continue reading Study of Job 18:16 – #426 A Hard Thing