Closer Day By Day

First of all, apologies for the lack of updates.  I have a bit of the flu and I know it is no excuse but it is very easy to just slip off the habit of reading the Bible daily. So better late than never! Bible Passage:  Job 21-22 What do you think of the questions [...]

How do you feel when you read Job? What do you make of the words of Job and his friends? In the past, whenever I read the book Job, it was more of a cursory read.  I decided that Job was too much of a mystery and the ‘toing’ and ‘froing’ of the conversations between [...]

The picture that you see right now is both funny and sad. It’s a dust covered Bible (obviously left aside for quite some time – unread). And some wise guy decided to make a point. The sad part is that it is quite true for most of us.  We have our Bible, or Bibles.  But [...]

It is somewhat ironic that after a weekend of Sabbath rest and physical rest, we start off the week by reading Job. We start off our job week by reading Job. Geddit? Ok… forget it Bible Passage: Job 15-16 We may or may not look like the cartoon picture on the right. But whatever it [...]

Job did not think the advice from his friends amounted to much, and said it so directly! Job desired to speak with God rather than “forgers of lies” and “worthless physicians”. What else did he say?  Read on… Bible Passage:  Job 13-14 Job continues to discuss the question of the mortality of man in Chapter [...]

Who needs enemies when you have friends like this? What am I talking about?  Read … Bible Passage:  Job 11 – 12 Haven’t you met with someone like this before? You are in pain. You are feeling very bad because you did something wrong and you regret immensely. You broke something because you did not [...]

Image via Wikipedia I am not sure about you, although the book of Job is interesting to read, I do find it hard to really understand it all. But let’s see what we can learn from today’s reading… Bible Passage:  Job 9 – 10 Here are some interesting (and some say gross) facts about our [...]

Bible Passage:  Job 5 – 6 When we last read Job, we hear his friend Eliphaz saying that Job had sinned against God and that is why he is in the situation now. in Job 5 – Eliphaz continues his line of thought but encourages Job by saying… “ Behold, happy is the man whom [...]

Image via Wikipedia After singing the Psalms on Sundays, we have set aside Mondays for the Poetry books of the Bible. We start with someone who is most familiar to all of us – Job. The Book of Job has been called “the most profound and literary work of the entire Old Testament”.  But in [...]