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“The Big Cheese”
Job had continuously complained that God didn’t hear his cries. He longed for God to just answer him. Elihu in Chapter 33 tells Job that God is still speaking…maybe a little quieter or even through suffering circumstances in an attempt to maybe warn us, put our pride in check and to preserve our lives from…
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Discernment
I ain’t even gonna try to lie and tell you that I am not kinda tired of the back and forth in Job. The constant speeches and talk would be enough to make Job lose his patience if he was having to read it. Kidding…only kidding But, the thing I love about God’s Word is…
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Special Request
When the neighbors send over brownies, you have a special request from a friend for a drawing and you get to sleep late in the morning…you pile up in bed, snack on a full bowl and meditate on how He is definitely a refuge for all life’s storms. Beni, here’s your page. Praying for you…
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Confident
God tests us with stress before He trusts us with success. Warriors can’t go into battle and predict where the arrows will come from, but they do prepare for battles and come equipped to walk out victorious.Know that God is going to test your faith (and even your patience, like he did Job’s), but after…
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Roots
When we have roots of perseverance through the storms of life, we gain new perspective on why we must face trials and suffering. Job knew that there was a reward for his faithful obedience. I imagine that he felt like “a rose among the thorns”, so to speak. He was rejected by His friends, mocked…
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Happy Days
Job 29:2-3 (NIV) “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me, when his lamp shone on my head and by his light I walked through darkness!” Sometimes like Job, we reminisce about happier times, when we feel like God had His hand upon our lives and things…