tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post7621214542501184299..comments2024-01-25T03:56:02.403-08:00Comments on Presbyterian Bloggers: Lectionary Ruminations: Scripture for Worship on October 18, 2009Mirandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380861596539183040noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post-22574705536688447562009-10-14T03:56:31.377-07:002009-10-14T03:56:31.377-07:00I think in the book of Job, Job asks the unanswera...I think in the book of Job, Job asks the unanswerable question of life and faith, "Why?" I think that in reponse God makes clear that the answer is beyond Job. Is that being mean or just truthful? Even Job in chapter 42 realizes that he was arrogant to think he had the answers that God somehow missed. In some ways the book of Job is about human arrogance. The universe should run in ways that suit my perspective and experiences and God should come around to my way of thinking. After all with my vast experience and knowledge of the world and what is right and wrong, obviously I have all the answers! In Job, God sets Job and us straight. The final answer to the deepr questions of life is God himself and where we don't udnerstand is where faith comes in. I believe that the Bible never gives a clear answer to the question of "Why?" In the New Testament Jesus himself points to himself as the life, the truth and the way."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com