"The Book of Job: Daring and in Your Face about the Problem of Suffering" (an article)

[mdgspencer]

This article brings out the surprising way the Book of Job deals with an issue that troubles many people, how God can permit such evil in the world.
see blog.adw.org/2012/10/the-book-of-job-daring-and-in-your-face-about-the-problem-of-suffering

 

[Gorgias]

From the article:

“Not only does God did not come to console, but in fact, he rebukes Job. Hardly with a gentle whisper, God speaks from the whirlwind, ‘Who is this dude skewers divine plans with words of ignorance? Gird up your loins now, like a man, and I will question you, and you will tell me the answers!’ (Job 38:2)”

'Who is this dude skewers divine plans"? Who is this dude skewers???

Gotta love spell checkers…

p.s., in case you’re scratching your head, Job 38:2 reads, “Who is this that obscures divine plans with words of ignorance?”

 

[centurionguard]

From the article:

“Not only does God did not come to console, but in fact, he rebukes Job. Hardly with a gentle whisper, God speaks from the whirlwind, ‘Who is this dude skewers divine plans with words of ignorance? Gird up your loins now, like a man, and I will question you, and you will tell me the answers!’ (Job 38:2)”

'Who is this dude skewers divine plans"? Who is this dude skewers???

Gotta love spell checkers…

p.s., in case you’re scratching your head, Job 38:2 reads, “Who is this that obscures divine plans with words of ignorance?”

In light of the “face value” of the insightful article in of itself methinks we are all guilty failing Dudes who in the mist of suffering at various levels of intensity, tend to skewer God’s Divine Plans for us.

It can be difficult at times trying to fathom the reason why sometimes God needs to totally break us! He does not break us because He is mean; He breaks us for love. When that happens, we often rebel against God and the Church and begin questioning everything God had told us before. Though He had to break you, undo you and give you a brand new mold and shape! You will eventually realize that he broke you in good time! Blessed be God because He breaks us in good time, before our clay gets hopelessly hard and dry!

 

[Gorgias]

In light of the “face value” of the insightful article in of itself methinks we are all guilty failing Dudes who in the mist of suffering at various levels of intensity, tend to skewer God’s Divine Plans for us.

:clapping: