Is God Really Silent?
on February 13th, 2021
But you have said in my hearing -- I heard the very words -- 'I am pure, I have done no wrong.I am clean and free from sin.Yet God has found fault with me;He considers me his enemy…'But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than any mortal.Why do you complain to him that he responds to no one's words?For God does speak -- now one way, now another -- though no one perceives it.I... Read More
No More Words to Utter
on February 12th, 2021
(Oh, that I had someone to hear me!I sign now my defense -- let the Almighty answer me;Let my accuser put his indictment in writing.Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.I would give him an account of my every step;I would present it to him as to a ruler.) Job 31:35-37 Job was at a point in his suffering when he desperately needed to hear from God!He felt innocent b... Read More
Have a Heart of Compassion
on February 11th, 2021
If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me,What will I do when God confronts me?What will I answer when called to account?Did not he who made me in the womb make them?Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary;If I have kept my bread to myself... Read More
A Worthy Personal Covenant
on February 10th, 2021
I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.For what is our lot from God above, our heritage from the Almighty on high?Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong?Does He not see my ways and count my every step?If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit -- let God weigh me in honest scales and He will know that I am blameless…If... Read More
Why Me, God?
on February 9th, 2021
Terrors overwhelm me; my dignity is driven away as by the wind, My safety vanishes like a cloud. And now my life ebbs away; days of suffering grip me…I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer; I stand up but you merely look at me.You turn on me ruthlessly; with the might of your hand you attack me...I know you will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living…Have I not we... Read More
When Life Is not So Rosy
on February 8th, 2021
How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,When His lamp shone on my head…O for the days when I was in my prime, when God's intimate friendship blessed my house...When my path was drenched with cream…Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me because I rescued the poor who cried for help and the fatherless who had none to assist them.The one ... Read More