Job 19:22

Why do you, like God, persecute me,

   Not satisfied with my flesh.

 

I have been using this break to eat what I want, or rather to eat nothing and not feel bad about the social aspects of it. I’ve had two eggs and some cheese in sixty hours. (I will probably eat here in a few minutes though.) The cues to eat on tv are horrible. I haven’t been hungry, but watching commercials and tv shows themselves has made me want to eat.

‘Persecute’ was also ‘hound’ and ‘pursue’.

‘Satisfied’ was also ‘sated’ or ‘get enough of’.

Pursue sounds like the right word, but I felt Job was being persecuted and not just pursued. Pursued fits how the food industry crams as many cues to eat at us as they can. To say nothing of alcohol or gambling. If not for the moral issues, those might be good investments. I want to get my eating habits established on the good side and help that level of health be mine.

I have learned that I am not good about trying to do two things at once. Trying to exercise the last two days was not successful, and that is not good since the day before was Christmas and definitely did not exercise then. Today will have to be the start of exercise and the restrained flow of food. I believe that if I can get each established in its own right, they will not seem to compete with each other.

I have heard that AI can be used to figure out who I am as a person. Or at least what I will buy and when. Because let’s face it, businesses are just using it to make more money. The few people that are trying to help the world cannot compete with the dollars thrown into knowing the customer. If it is so smart, then why do I have such a hard time finding what I actually want when I go to buy something?

Job was very talkative for a sick person. I do not feel like giving speeches when I am sick or in pain. I can understand the frustration from being in his condition, but I think most of Job is fairly straight forward. Reading Ephesians this morning, I know the logic sequences could be much more complex and have fewer words to describe the various bits and pieces. I thank God for giving me the desire to study Job and I pray that I can be a little more pursuing in the New Year.

Written 12/28/25, Posted 1/25/26, Job 422/~1070