Yesterday’s blog was petite, to say the least.  I’m still under the weather and camped out on the couch — but thank goodness for wireless laptops! I’m not sure yet just what it is that God wants me to learn about Job.  I see the honesty of his prayers, as I’ve blogged about before, and that really has opened my eyes and ears to listen to the way I pray.  Am I pouring out my heart?  Not on a regular basis…at least not the way Job prays.  I’m still afflicted with the “shoulds.”  Gotta get past that somehow! (Lord, help … Continue reading Job 14-17: The Advocate

I’m down and out today with a whopper of a cold. But I did read….and now for a very short blog via my phone: Job’s friends were full of hot air and platitudes….no substance. May my own words to my friends be real…not like those. Sometimes the best thing to do is listen. Continue reading Job 10-13 Fluffy Advice

While picking at the sores that oozed on his body, Job came up with some tough questions for God and wonders what he has done that has caused all this punishment to fall on him. What strikes me the most about these passages is Job’s honesty before God.  He asks intimate questions of him, as if God were standing right there next to him.  I don’t know that I’d have the guts to stand toe to toe with God and ask him: (Job 7) 11-16 “And so I’m not keeping one bit of this quiet, I’m laying it all out … Continue reading Job 6-10: Laying it all out on the table

Well, it’s day 4 of my effort to read and blog my way through the Bible, and so far, I’m still on track, praise God!  I’m finding it easier to read the next day’s reading the night before so I have a chance to sleep on what I read.  Today’s reading jumped from Genesis chapter 11 to Job. Job’s story is an ancient one that demonstrates the “No Pain/No Gain” principle.  Every time I think of Job, I think of my daughter’s experience at last year’s summer camp.  She shared with me that she was disappointed because she came in … Continue reading Job 1-5: No Pain/No Gain