Saturday, January 25, 2014

Reading Job – v2

The story of so many
who try to be faithful
yet staring at calamity
capricious and cruel
in reading Job
seeing us, ourselves
our struggles in this life
wanting to believe
but not trusting in God
Painful, eager for answers
mysteries we cannot know
why’s and how’s of this world
beyond our capacity or reason
wanting the questions to matter
to speak directly to God;
but, unlike Job, hopefully,
trying to be careful
walking more humbly before God


edited January 25, 2014
Reading Job – v2

May 26, 2010
Reading Job
struggling with questions of life and death
and God’s timing
& reading the first part of
the book of Job, including
Job 1:1-5:16
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 23, 2010, read May 24, 2010
Job 1:21
Job 2:10
and
Job 5:17-8:22
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 24, 2010, read May 25, 2010
and the later part of the book, and
the following poems, “Answering the Clay” and
“His Comeuppance”, posted
to FaithWriters.com 5/26/2010,
both based in part on
October 18, 2009
Job 38:1-7 (34-41)
&
Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35b
Job 38:1-7, 16-18, 34-38 & 40:3-5
and sermon, “Father Knows Best”,
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
October 18, 2009
&
Psalm 8:3-4
and writing challenge
“Monday Manna for October 19 - What is man?”
posted by Joanne Sher on her blog,
“An Open Book”, at:


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