DAY THIRTY-NINE (Job 25 – 41)

As long as our perspective is horizontal (“I’m not as bad as you”), we can argue passionately about our innocence. (Job 27:5-6)

Job 31:5-6 – Even as he maintains his innocence, Job recognizes that only God has honest scales.

Job 32:1-3 is a pretty good summary of the book to that point!

Job 38:1 – after all of the ranting by Job and his “friends” it is a relief to finally hear the voice of God.  Interesting, too, that He speaks from the storm.

Do we blame God or bow to God? (Job 40:8)

DAY THIRTY-EIGHT (Job 8 – 24)

Ours is not a silent, blind faith, but rather a faith of speaking, asking, sometimes arguing, but, at the end of the day, trusting. (Job 13:15)

We need to speak life-giving words. (Job 16:5)

DAY THIRTY-SEVEN (Nehemiah 13:15 – Job 7)

Love how Nehemiah fought for God’s honor! (Nehemiah 13:25)

The same priest who made an exception based on a close relationship in Nehemiah 13:4 did it again in verse 28.  Stupid.

I love the book of Esther!  Glad to have finally reached it in the reading…

I found it a bit double-standardish (it’s a word now!) that the King got rid of Queen Vashti over a character issue (her refusal to submit) but chose to replace her based on a beauty contest. (Esther 2:3-4)

As many times as I’ve heard (and read) the famous Esther verse (4:14 – “for such a time as this), I’d never noticed that Esther and Mordecai didn’t have that conversation face to face, but rather through a messenger.

We’re in big trouble when we assume that God wants to honor us more than others. (Esther 6:6)

Esther 6:13 – seems that they needed this discernment at the end of chapter 5.

Job 6:21 – real friends don’t run from the pain in others