Luke and I are both caught up on our reading. Actually, I was several days behind, but Luke was only a day behind and we both caught up last night. I think we're both struggling a bit with Job. There are good things there -- good nuggets of truths and glimpses of God -- it's just that at times it's very hard to find them, as you work through the speech-ifying of Job's friends. Truthfully, I would have a hard time calling these guys "friends" if I were Job. It's not just that they either outright lie about me or pontificate in judgment towards me, but how 'bout the fact that in chapter 33, Elihu spends five verses basically to tell Job that he's going to say something? I'm imagining Job, in emotional and physical pain, looking at Elihu and thinking, "Good gravy, man, GET ON WITH IT!!!" But Job was probably more patient than I am.
A verse that has spoken to me, particularly, in these last few chapters was from January 12, in chapter 29:14:
"I put on righteousness as my clothing;
justice was my robe and my turban.
Basically, Job saw justice as the accessories to righteousness. Necessary accessories. I'm ashamed at the times in my life where justice has seemed like a luxury -- something that not everyone deserves. Job didn't seem to have that perspective. He speaks at length of his efforts on behalf of those less powerful and less fortunate than he. In fact, he speaks more of that than he does as his role as a father or a husband. And this is Job --
...blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. (Job 1:8)
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