Job 16:22 For only a few years were yet to come,    I would go the way of no return.   As I mature, I sometimes wonder how my failings growing up hurt those around me. Especially before our confirmation trip at the age of twelve, I spent effort doing the things the kids around… Continue reading Study of Job 16:22 – #395 History

Job 16:21 That God would judge between a man and Himself,    As He would for a man and his neighbor.   Job sets out the reality: God is perfect, and He couldn’t rule against Himself. No matter how right man might be, God is better. Even if man got it 100% right, He would… Continue reading Study of Job 16:21 – Neighboring

Job 16:20 Are my companions my intercessors?    To God does my eye pour out its tears?   I had the thought that as the big kid goes off to school this weekend (for the last time), I will finally be able to get into a routine. Its really just an excuse for me having… Continue reading Study of Job 16:20 – Questions or Comments :393

Job 16:19 Behold, even now my Witness stands in heaven,    My Advocate is on high.   My current goal with my study of Job is to figure out how to show that God told part of the story of Jesus in Job. Well, this is the verse I keep thinking of when I try… Continue reading Study of Job 16:19 – Advocate

Job 16:18 O earth, cover not my blood,    Let my cry have no resting place.   As I have widened my path to find rare baseball cards, I have noticed some tricks that people play on Facebook and Instagram to get you to click on their post. This is an instant trigger that they… Continue reading Study of Job 16:18 – Cry

Job 16:17 Though there was no injustice on my hands,    And my prayer was pure.   As I was trying to sleep, I remembered this phrase from something I read that I understood to be a dig on religion. It was something vaguely about free will and vaguely touched on how religion was a… Continue reading Study of Job 16:17 – Action

Job 16:16 My face is flush with weeping,    Death’s darkness rings my eyes.   One of the cool paradigms in my mind is that history is all about what has been written down and survived. If all our books disappeared, so would our history. Our brains might remember some things, but even if we… Continue reading Study of Job 16:16 – History

Job 16:15 I have patched my scabs with sack cloth,    Have buried my dignity in the dust.   I got seven hours sleep last night; not soon enough to make Bible Study, but its my best day in over a week already. As I fought for the first five hours last night trying to… Continue reading Study of Job 16:15 – Neighbor

Job 16:14 He bursts upon me, Breach after breach,    Rushes at me, Like a warrior.   If he were my sinuses, then this would represent the last week of my life. I spent large portions of my young life with a runny nose, and after a surgery, I seem to have filled that slot… Continue reading Study of Job 16:14 – Consequences

Job 16:13    His archers surround me, He pierces my gut without mercy,    He pours out my gall upon the ground,   I spent time outside at a fabrication site six days over the last two weeks, and it apparently overwhelmed my sinuses as I am still coughing and sneezing constantly. The good thing… Continue reading Study of Job 16:13 – Despite Tech