Job

Job chapter 11 reminds me of the old joke; “minor surgery” is defined as an operation on somebody else. Most people desire for wrongs to

Job chapter 12 reminds me of the tension and exasperation that builds when a poor mom has to endure a long airplane flight with a

Job chapter 13 reminds me of a time in my life when I thought I was a good person. I was always the good kid

Job chapter 14 continues Job’s speech from the previous chapter.  It is directed at God, but it is not exactly a prayer. It reminds me

Job chapter 15 reminds me how often we make assumptions about people based on outward appearances. I recently commented to a man I have not

Job chapter 16 reminds me of all the times I was at a loss for how to help someone in pain. I have heard myself

Job 17 begins with Job’s plain admission, “My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me“. It is easy to read

Job 19 helps us understand the often repeated expression, “Now I know who my friends really are”. It reminds me of the first rule of

Job 20 reminds me of the misquoted verse, “Money is the root of all evil”. Throughout history, class envy has been used to justify every

Job 21 reminds me of the old expression, “The rich get richer and the poor get poorer”. Job’s friends have been trying to make the