"Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind" Now that is cool. I loved the way God reminded Job that he was nothing and God is God. And praise God He still is.

Hey, did anyone know that "snow" was in the bible? HaHa

Elihu may be the one accusing Job of being arrogant, but he is the one that sounds arrogant to me. He sure is convinced that he knows what he is talking about.

Job's words are ended. Job knew when it was time to shut up. Something I need to remember to do at times.

When does someone cross the line of just stating the facts or the truth about what God has done to being boastful and prideful? Because it sure sounds like Job is boasting to me. I guess Job's friends felt the same way. I struggle with this because I don't always talk about the things God has done in my life because of the very fear of sounding like I am bragging.

Hmmm, can you be the finest man on earth, blameless - a man of complete integrity and still be prideful? Perhaps I have been looking at this all wrong. The scriptures never say "he did not sin". I know he hasn't cursed God, but has Job sinned?

9:33 jumped out at me today, If only there were a mediator between us, someone who could bring us together. Isn't that what Jesus is? Our mediator between our junk, our cares, our fears and God.

10:8 - 12 also caught my attention. It made me think of Psalm 139. Just another way that the bible and all it's verses are so weaved together.

I am not a big fan of Job. I don't like all the suffering and I have just an over all confusion about the whole book. Lisa, your comment about Satan patrolling the earth and watching everything that's going on may be the reason this book disturbs me so. I don't like the thought of Satan being so close. But, he is and we can't every forget that.

Job's friends might have done the right thing the first seven days, but now they've opened their mouths!

It's interesting that we have gone from Genesis to Job.

I thought is was funny that the first verse starts out like a kids cute little story; There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz. Did anything new or interesting jump out at anyone? We'd love to hear from someone new!

I think you may be right about your "face of God" analogy. Here's what I thought of; After Jacob realized his life had been spared in both cases he must have experienced a sense of great peace. He had experienced the Prince of Peace.

I think I need a spreadsheet to figure out all these descendants. I don't understand why they need to repeat these list so many times. It just confuses me and I keep wondering if it is worth repeating what is it that I am missing. At least this time I paid close enough attention to realize that some of the leaders were women!

Hmmm... I always thought Joseph was Jacob's youngest son. I learned today that Benjamin was.

I am getting a late start this morning. Hope to catch up at lunch. I just thought I'd start a blog so no one had to wait on me. Anyone see anything interesting or different in today's scriptures?

This morning a couple of things jumped out at me. First, Genesis 11:32 I couldn't remember who Terah was. I thought he must be important because his death seemed to be singled out. So, I looked him up, he was Abram's father. I did figure out that it stood out more because we are reading the chronological bible.

The second thing made me laugh at loud. After Abraham sent his servant out to find a wife for Issac the servant prayed a very specific prayer so he would know without a doubt that God had sent the woman. And before he finished praying God had done exactly as he asked. But, did you catch it, the servant still wondered whether or not the Lord had given him success in his mission. (Genesis 24: 21) Some things never change, do they? How many answered prayers have I missed because I didn't believe God would answer so quickly and so precise.

I think I have found it! The one argument that will stand up in any court or against any person that wants to argue that God is not God and that the bible is not His inspired word.

Genesis 17: 9 -14 -- this is definitely not a man-made covenant! Therefore it must be from God! Because we all know that there is not a man on this earth past, present, or future that would have ever thought about writing a covenant that included cutting off the flesh of his foreskin.

On a more serious note. I keep noticing that all of the main characters that we have read about so far are talking to God as if He is standing in front of them, like they are actually seeing Him. I hope that I notice, just because I am curious, when there is a shift in how God is talking to the people or how they are seeing Him. I find it sad that I don’t always have that same intimate relationship with Him, that I forget that He is really right here.

January 5

Okay, it's your turn to start. Did anything jump out at you today? Something you've never seen before, or maybe you just saw it differently this time?

Hey, did you every notice that Pharaoh took Sarai as his wife? Genesis 12: 14 - 17 I am sure I have noticed it before, but didn't think much about it. God punished Pharaoh's household, but did he punish Abram for lying?

I did notice 3:16 yesterday. And I agree that one little verse does explain a lot about our marriages today. In today's reading I was reminded that even from the beginning bad things happen to good people. I also know that God didn't have to ask Cain where his brother was, He already knew. But, I have to wonder if Cain had told the truth would his punishment have been less severe.

All I have is questions tonight.

1: 27 ...in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
Why didn't the author (Moses) just mention that God made man. Was it still the sixth day when He created woman. Could it possibly still be the sixth day when God created Eve even though Adam had given names to all the animals?

2: 8 ...in the middle of the garden he placed the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Two trees?

Oh 3: 22 answers that. ...Look, the human beings have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life and eat it? Then they will live forever. Yes there were two trees.

Why didn't Adam and Eve eat from the tree of life?

I would love to hear your thoughts or any questions you might have.

Teresa

Happy New Year!!!! Has anybody started reading yet? Going to visit family today, I'll check back this evening.

Teresa