Job is tormented day and night. He sees no end to his suffering and no hope beyond it. He feels that he has even become a burden to God. I’m wondering how long this illness has lasted for Job. He says “I am allotted months of emptiness” (verse 3a). We know he has suffered for […]
Job answers Eliphaz’s first response to his distress. “Some friends you are! Tell me what you claim I have done wrong. I am tormented in innocence.” Job’s words are not easy for me to always understand. I LOVE poetry and writing it is often the only way I can express what is burning in my […]
Job’s friend Eliphaz throws in his ideas on Job’s troubles. “You must have done something wrong because only the innocent prosper.” After a week of silently sitting with Job, Job finally speaks. He curses the day he was born and wishes he had died at birth instead. Now that he has spoked, his friends feel […]
After a week of silence with his friends, Job speaks. With a heavy heart he opens his mouth and curses the day he was born. The first thing that popped into my mind when reading the subtitle for this section “Job Laments His Birth” is the movie “It’s A Wonderful Life”. In that story George […]
Job is miserable! He is covered in sores from the top of his head to the soles of his feet. His three best friends come to give him support and comfort. In the story of Job he is in ‘round two’ between Satan and God for his soul. God counts him as His most faithful […]
