Not in unpredictability,
the randomness of fate;
but when why has no answer,
how we all can truly relate.
Wondering with Job,
how pain, struggle can be;
when we try to walk righteously,
repenting of our sin.
Nothing we can comprehend,
the forces in the world;
leading some to suffer,
and some to reap corrupt gain.
The walk on this earth,
far from the garden where we began;
faith alone sustaining us,
until we return to that Promised Land.
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February 16, 2015
When
Why Has No Answer – v10
(editing
original)
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February 2, 2015
When
Why Has No Answer – v9
(editing
version 8)
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December 7, 2014
When
Why Has No Answer – v8
(editing
version 4)
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December 6, 2014
When
Why Has No Answer – v7
(editing
version 2)
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When Why Has No Answer –
v6
(editing version 2)
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November 6, 2014
When
Why Has No Answer – v5
(editing
original again)
Edited
October 19, 2014
“When
Why Has No Answer – v4”
(editing
original again)
Edited
January 1, 2014
“When
Why Has No Answer – v3”
Edited
October 13, 2012
“When
Why Has No Answer – v2”
May
26, 2010
“When
Why Has No Answer”
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 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:
&
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:
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