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All Hell Broke Loose! - Job 2

We don't use the word Hell , do we? Maybe we should use it more. I believe that that was what Job saw happening in his life in chapter two of his story. He had lost his health, and you know that you don't have anything if you don't have health. So in chapter two, he lost all of his earthly possessions, including his family. And all of this happened because God called Satan's attention to his sound and faithful servant. Wait? What?  As mentioned in my last blog post, just because we are God's children does not mean we will not suffer total disaster in life. I know that you have read Job's tale of whoa and have talked about the friends who came to comfort /accuse him. Job could have avoided this whole episode if God had left him alone in his little corner of the world. The Devil hadn't found that corner in his wanderings.  You may remember that scholars believe that Job walked this terrestrial ball around the time that Abraham did.  He had no Bible nor even di...

Faithful Affliction

Psalm 119:75 I know, Lord, that your laws are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me. When we talk of affliction, trouble or trial we rarely speak of faithfulness in the same sentence. Yet here David says exactly that. "in faithfulness you have afflicted me."  There is an irony here that must hide a secret meaning right? It may not be as difficult to understand as you might think but let's look at it.  David starts this line with an affirmation, "I know that your laws are righteous". These days we have bibles of every color and size. They come in a variety of different translations and with notes and highlights. It wasn't many years ago that most Bibles came in black, like the Model T. If you got married, you might have gotten a white one, but most were black. Many came with the words "Holy Bible" in gold letters on the front. With all of the different styles and stripes of Bibles these days, it seems that it has lost some of its...