Job 20:21
No remnant is left for him to devour,
Therefore, his prosperity cannot endure.
I added the comma after therefore and wondered if it was required in poetry. In my memory of English, a pause is denoted by a comma (or something). Apparently, people are trying to change the way commas are used and others are fighting back using strings of words that change meanings based on the placement of a comma. Of course, the most popular word I’ve heard lately is the laziest way possible to say brother and make it derogatory. It’s funny coming from a sixteen-year-old, but more funny in a movie of people my age.
‘No remnant’ was also ‘nothing left’, ‘nothing remained’ or ‘no survivor’. ‘Devour’ was also ‘eaten’ or some weird version of that.
‘Prosperity’ was also ‘wellbeing’, ‘goods’, ‘hope to be well’, and ‘bounty’. ’Endure’ was also ‘last’. The idea of hope was in two sources, but it did not seem to fit.
When I think of 2021, nothing comes to mind. 2019 was when my mom died. (I can now recall that without having to calculate) and 2020 was about COVID, but 2021 was so normal as to not leave an impression. I did recently buy some unopened cards from 2021 and pull a 1/1 autographed 1st Bowman Chrome Superfractor, but it was of a prospect who did not pan out. I’m sure something important happened, but again I am not well trained at retrospection.
The past seven days have been crushing and elating and fully exhausting. I have swung from ready to retire to happy to see this through in a span of a few minutes, and the other way equally as quickly. The thing that keeps getting to me is that I am not enough to get this done. This is where God steps in. A popular song says ‘I only pray when I don’t have a prayer.’ I understand the frustration in the singing, but that is actually the edge that we need to be living our life on. If anyone could do it, then we wouldn’t need God. If I was good enough to do this on my own, then God would not have put it before me because He wants me to need Him, all the time.
I am 85% through cleaning up after setting up at the card shows last week. I almost waited even longer, but I realize it was hurting my productivity by not getting it done. Also, finally getting started allowed me to procrastinate on something else. One of concepts I have heard is to always choose what is best for the moment. I have also heard the matching sentiment to not wait for the perfect to do the now. God wants us to have a plan, to move forward on the plan, and then to follow Him in the step. A friend has felt the call to share with people of a different religion and after years of trying different things, he shared today that he has a path right here in town and not halfway around the world. Good plan, but focused step. I am not sure my looking forward ever constitutes a plan, but I am trying to focus on the next step without actually stopping.
Written 3/12/26, Posted 4/22/26, Job 479/~1070