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July 29, 2008
Job: Part II
Back in February, I promised to continue highlighting excerpts as I read through the book of Job. I'm finally picking up where I left off.
Chapters 11-19 reminded me that I'm not the only one who has felt completely disillusioned with life, drowning in pain, and desperate for rescue. Not only that, but Job was blameless and upright (1:1), yet was vocal in his fury at God for inflicting misery on him.
Another aspect of these chapters that struck me was how Job seems to toggle between accusing God of injustice and articulating that his faith remains in tact. I've noticed myself doing this also. It's a tug of war between first, the Biblical truth that has been ingrained into me regarding God's sovereignty and love, and second, the circumstances I'm experiencing that don't seem to make sense through that filter.
I'll let Job do the rest of the talking.
In his hand is the life of every creature
and the breath of all mankind.
-12:10
Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
and if I refrain, it does not go away.
Surely, O God, you have worn me out;
you have devastated my entire household.
-16:6-7
Even now my witness is in heaven;
my advocate is on high.
-16:19
My days have passed, my plans are shattered,
and so are the desires of my heart.
-17:11
Though I cry, 'I've been wronged!' I get no response;
though I call for help, there is no justice.
-19:7
He tears me down on every side till I am gone;
he uproots my hope like a tree.
-19:10
I know that my Redeemer lives,
and that in the end he will stand upon the earth.
And after my skin has been destroyed,
yet in my flesh I will see God;
I myself will see him with my own eyes -- I, and not another.
How my heart yearns within me!
-19:25-27
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July 04, 2008
Parkersburg
Pictures from Parkersburg clean up are posted on my Flickr account.
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