Tag: Job

January 26 @ Job 7-8

Job 7-8 (NLT) Discover His heart: Through His attention to our lives, He makes us more like Him As a child, I don’t think I really appreciated the luxury of lying on the grass for an hour or two, drinking in all the Vitamin D I would need for the day and observing the cloud formations overhead.  I saw ships,…

January 19 @ Job 5-6

Job 5-6 (NLT)  Discover His heart: No matter the struggle, our lives are in His hands  “Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen; nobody knows but Jesus.  Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen, Glory hallelujah!” The author of this old spiritual is unknown, but plenty of troubled souls through the decades could have authored it, individuals with trouble so deep that…

January 12 @ Job 3-4

Job 3-4 (NLT)  Discover His heart: Unthreatened by our questions, He answers those at the heart of our need The tales I’ve heard about the language mother’s-to-be have used in the throes of delivering their babies could make a grown woman blush, especially in the days before the pain relievers available today.  I think of the dear father coaching his…