tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post8654756009698621300..comments2023-08-27T06:33:12.637-05:00Comments on The Bible in a Year - and Beyond!: Saturday, March 7th: Job 3-4, 1 Corinthians 2Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12045517118866436340noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-1541899796027236982015-03-08T13:44:25.173-05:002015-03-08T13:44:25.173-05:00Job's emotions are completely understandable i...Job's emotions are completely understandable in his situation. If anything like that happened to me, I'm sure the pain would be so great that I would feel like dying, or wishing I had never been born. It's in times like that that Jesus is our lifeline, and when faith is truly faith.Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045517118866436340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-72157393455352376242015-03-07T23:26:37.277-06:002015-03-07T23:26:37.277-06:00I can't help but reflect on Job's eloquenc...I can't help but reflect on Job's eloquence ... even though I love words and writing I know that I would not have been so poetic if I were to speak about it (or blog about it ;) I simple "I wish I'd have never been born" may be all I'd string together as I wallowed in self-pity. <br /><br />His prophet friend too spoke with verbal imagery when I'd probably have just said "Ok Job, what'd you do?" <br /><br />I know that these words have offered insight and comfort into the nature of God and the example that Job was as he endured this trying time. Maybe we need to be eloquent too when we go through tough times so that we can reflect, and cause others to reflect, on what God is trying to teach.<br /><br /><br />I thought the last part of our 2 Corinthians reading implies that too:<br />14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. <br /><br />or in the NLT:<br />13 When we tell you these things, we do not use words that come from human wisdom. Instead, we speak words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit’s words to explain spiritual truths.Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02770898936799604859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-86087719209878939882015-03-07T22:15:46.732-06:002015-03-07T22:15:46.732-06:00I like the comment from your posting about non-bel...I like the comment from your posting about non-believers not understanding the whole "God letting bad things happen" concept. It is true, they don't understand that, just like some are not able to grasp the "putting others first" concept, or other Christian concepts that are routine for us, and foreign to the non-believer. <br /><br />I thought this tied in well with 1Corinthians 2:14. "The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned."<br /><br />We do not always understand God's plan, but sometimes we don't need to, we just have to trust Him, and give Him the glory He deserves. Conradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00378594821836169485noreply@blogger.com