In so many ways,
trying to be faithful,
to live a devoted life;
grateful for God’s grace
singing God’s praises.
Struggling as Job did
in our journey, our walk,
for answers we can
understand;
we are walking a life of
Job
on this mortal coil.
God’s time, and God’s
purpose
within the journey, the
steps,
the things we face in this
life;
seemingly random, spurious,
pushing us to the max.
Finding it difficult,
even when faithful,
to understand in our
humanness;
how things can be right
when things are so wrong.
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edited
February 16, 2015
A
Life of Job – v3
(merging
edits to original and version 2)
edited
October 19, 2014
A
Life of Job – v2
May
26, 2010
A
Life of Job
edited
October 14, 2014
More
than We can Handle – v2
May
26, 2010
More
than We can Handle
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 poem, posted
to
FaithWriters.com 5/26/2010
------------------------
Answering
the Clay
The
potter spoke
out
of the whirlwind
answering
the claim
rebuking
his claims
the
demands he dared to speak
A
reminder, the distance to God
how
far below
is
the home of man
Walking
in the dust
rather
than riding the clouds
Marveling
at the works
of
His majestic hands
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 L. Foss
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:
&
the
following poem, posted
to
FaithWriters.com 5/26/2010
------------------------
His Comeuppance
In the chapters
growing
wondering when it
would happen
when his
comeuppance
his response would
come
Over and over
questioning the creator
challenging God,
not just asking
demanding an
accounting
a justification
from the one who made us
A mortal asking for
a reason from the potter
stubborn clay,
judging God
His answer in the
whirlwind
the challenge of
the maker
Where were you when
I made all?
Who are you to
question me;
and what right do
you claim
calling me to task?
October
17, 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 L. Foss
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:
&
Jeremiah
18:1-10
&
Deuteronomy
18:11-20
Upper
Room Daily Devotional
for
October 18, 2009,
“It is God’s”,
by
Margie J. Harding
&
1
John 2:15-17
Upper
Room Daily Devotional
for
October 12, 2009,
“Fleeting or Eternal”,
by
Pastor Toomas Pajusoo
&
Mark
10:17-31
Mark
1:16-20
&
message by Raymond A. Foss,
“What is Your
Footprint, Where is Your Treasure,
What is in Your
Silo; Whom Will You Follow”
Suncook
United Methodist Church
Suncook,
NH
10/11/09
&
John
Wesley’s sermon, “On Riches”
&
Faith
In Action newsletter,
Word
from Winkler, 9/28/09
Congregational malpractice
&
Alive Now daily devotional
for
September 30, 2009
“An
Uncomfortable Nudge”,
by
Roland Rink
&
Mark
10:17-31
Alive
Now Daily Reflection
for
October 10, 2009
&
Alive
Now Daily Reflection
“All
of You”,
by
James Schwarzlose
for
October 11, 2009
&
Upper
Room Disciplines for 2009
Mark
10:17-27
for
October 10, 2009
by
Soozung Sa Rankin
&
Upper
Room Disciplines for 2009
Mark
10:28-31
for
October 11, 2009
by
Soozung Sa Rankin
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