Many years ago, Job and his suffering got a lot of my attention. His was a story that can give you reason to pause when you are in trouble or something has smacked you up side the head. For some reason, Job just kind of got on my mind again, and so the reading started for a new look. The new look has not changed my original perceptions. Maybe I'll divide the story in a different way,[more] but it's still all about three friends and a kid against a man who still honors (trusts) his God. Mustn't forget that bad…
Bend The Law
Angry people are yelling about the California Proposition 8 outcome in our Supreme Court. The newspaper headlines even blared "Court Upholds Prop. 8" My Foot! What the Court did was what every court and trial should do – uphold the law as written. It is not the job of the Court or jury to decide whether a law is "fair" or "what it is that the people really want." When that starts to happen, then we really don't have any laws. All the California Supreme Court in effect said was "The voters of California, as provided in their Constitution (their…
Timeout
A short pause while we think about a very short passage. Got to thinking about part of an old song that said "How excellent is your name in all the earth…" When I went looking for those words, the trek ended up in Isaiah 12. Now, there are only 6 verses in this chapter, but enough words [more](other than "excellent") to set your heart and mind on fire. These are words of thanksgiving – lots of them. I suppose that if we went looking for the historical reason for this chapter (you know, the when and where and why) ,…