Reading Job with the four schoolies. Skipped a pretty massive section as a) I was getting weary of all the hot air and fine sounding words of Jobs buddies b) 2/4 kids felt the same and c) I want to have time to do Genesis before Mr Nearly 17 finishes school in a few months time.
Jobs buddies do waffle on. And they do say some worthwhile things in amongst the waffle, it’s the unscrambling that makes me impatient. Like this morning we read across a chapter where Eliphaz must tell Job half a dozen times to shut up and listen but also to speak up if he’s got anything to say. We did get a laugh out of that but basically I just want to cut to the chase. What does God say?
That’s the point that really matters – anywhere, anytime, but particularly when reading and trying to apply the book of Job!