It’s Not Fair Today’s scripture selection: Job 21-22 Key verses: Job 21:7 “Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?” “It’s not fair” – three words that you’ve probably said now and then. I know I have. It is difficult, especially when you are, as far… Continue reading Week 11 Thursday
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Week 10 Thursday
Knowing Your Redeemer Today’s scripture selection: Job 19-20 Key verses: Job 19:25 Even though he was barely hanging in there – in his own words “by the skin of my teeth,” Job was still a man of faith. Despite the tragedy, the loneliness, the rebuke of his own family and friends, he… Continue reading Week 10 Thursday
Week 9 Thursday
A Broken Spirit Today’s scripture selection: Job 17-18 Key verses: Job 17:1 In the long lament of Job – chapter after chapter expressing anger and frustration and hurt – perhaps there are no words that express it more succinctly than the ones we find when he says “My spirit is broken….” That says… Continue reading Week 9 Thursday
Week 8 Thursday
Lousy Counselors Today’s scripture selection: Job 15-16 Key verses: Job 16:1-3 “Then Job replied, ‘I have heard many things like these; you are miserable comforters, all of you! Will your long-winded speeches never end?’ “ It’s a sobering thought to realize what lousy counselors we can be from time to time. I’m not… Continue reading Week 8 Thursday
Week 7 Thursday
Fleeting Shadows Today’s scripture selection: Job 13-14 Key verses: Job 14:1-2 Job was fed up. He was fed up with the unhelpful “advice” of friends; with their self-righteous attitudes and platitudes. And he let them have it with both barrels. Not only that – he gave God an earful too. In the… Continue reading Week 7 Thursday
Week 6 Thursday
Keeping Your Eye On The Little Things Today’s scripture selection: Job 11-12 Key verses: Job 12:7-10 This summer I took up a new hobby. It won’t make me smarter or increase my vocabulary; it won’t help me get in better shape physically; it won’t supplement my income or increase my stature in the community. It’s… Continue reading Week 6 Thursday
Week 5 Thursday
The Mediator Today’s scripture selection: Job 9-10 Key verses: Job 9:33 “If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together….” With those words, Job lamented the fact that he felt incapable of fully pleading his case before God. Although he couldn’t help but pour out his questions and his… Continue reading Week 5 Thursday
Week 4 Thursday
Letting It All Hang Out Today’s scripture selection: Job 7-8 Key verses: Job 7:11 To say Job was frustrated is the definition of understatement. He was crushed, defeated, angry, hurt, isolated, and just plain exhausted. And his so-called friends, sent to “comfort” him only offered, at best, platitudes – and at worst, condemnation. No… Continue reading Week 4 Thursday
Week 3 Thursday
Some Lessons Hurt Today’s scripture selection: Job 5-6 Key verses: Job 5:17-18 It’s a cliché with which we are all familiar: A father stands before his child, preparing to discipline him, and he says “This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you, but….” And whether or not the discipline is a… Continue reading Week 3 Thursday
Week 2 Thursday
A Life Hedged In Today’s scripture selection: Job 3-4 Key verses: Job 3:23 When I first got my beloved dog Dash from the rescue foundation I found out he had been given that name for good reason. Open a door, turn your back, and that little dog was gone – flying down the street… Continue reading Week 2 Thursday
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