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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 10:09 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Tuesday May 26 > Job 16-18 (The Message) > > Job 16 > Job Defends Himself > If You Were in My Shoes > 1-5 Then Job defended himself: > > "I've had all I can take of your talk. > What a bunch of miserable comforters! > Is there no end to your windbag speeches? > What's your problem that you go on and on like this? > If you were in my shoes, > I could talk just like you. > I could put together a terrific harangue > and really let you have it. > But I'd never do that. I'd console and comfort, > make things better, not worse! > > 6-14 "When I speak up, I feel no better; > if I say nothing, that doesn't help either. > I feel worn down. > God, you have wasted me totally-me and my family! > You've shriveled me like a dried prune, > showing the world that you're against me. > My gaunt face stares back at me from the mirror, > a mute witness to your treatment of me. > Your anger tears at me, > your teeth rip me to shreds, > your eyes burn holes in me-God, my enemy! > People take one look at me and gasp. > Contemptuous, they slap me around > and gang up against me. > And God just stands there and lets them do it, > lets wicked people do what they want with me. > I was contentedly minding my business when God beat me up. > He grabbed me by the neck and threw me around. > He set me up as his target, > then rounded up archers to shoot at me. > Merciless, they shot me full of arrows; > bitter bile poured from my gut to the ground. > He burst in on me, onslaught after onslaught, > charging me like a mad bull. > > 15-17 "I sewed myself a shroud and wore it like a shirt; > I lay facedown in the dirt. > Now my face is blotched red from weeping; > look at the dark shadows under my eyes, > Even though I've never hurt a soul > and my prayers are sincere! > The One Who Represents Mortals Before God > 18-22 "O Earth, don't cover up the wrong done to me! > Don't muffle my cry! > There must be Someone in heaven who knows the truth about me, > in highest heaven, some Attorney who can clear my name- > My Champion, my Friend, > while I'm weeping my eyes out before God. > I appeal to the One who represents mortals before God > as a neighbor stands up for a neighbor. > "Only a few years are left > before I set out on the road of no return." > > Job 17 > 1-2 "My spirit is broken, > my days used up, > > my grave dug and waiting. > See how these mockers close in on me? > How long do I have to put up with their insolence? > > 3-5 "O God, pledge your support for me. > Give it to me in writing, with your signature. > You're the only one who can do it! > These people are so useless! > You know firsthand how stupid they can be. > You wouldn't let them have the last word, would you? > Those who betray their own friends > leave a legacy of abuse to their children. > > 6-8 "God, you've made me the talk of the town- > people spit in my face; > I can hardly see from crying so much; > I'm nothing but skin and bones. > Decent people can't believe what they're seeing; > the good-hearted wake up and insist I've given up on God. > > 9 "But principled people hold tight, keep a firm grip on life, > sure that their clean, pure hands will get stronger and stronger! > > 10-16 "Maybe you'd all like to start over, > to try it again, the bunch of you. > So far I haven't come across one scrap > of wisdom in anything you've said. > My life's about over. All my plans are smashed, > all my hopes are snuffed out- > My hope that night would turn into day, > my hope that dawn was about to break. > If all I have to look forward to is a home in the graveyard, > if my only hope for comfort is a well-built coffin, > If a family reunion means going six feet under, > and the only family that shows up is worms, > Do you call that hope? > Who on earth could find any hope in that? > No. If hope and I are to be buried together, > I suppose you'll all come to the double funeral!" > > Job 18 > Bildad's Second Attack > Plunged from Light into Darkness > 1-4 Bildad from Shuhah chimed in: "How monotonous these word games are > getting! > Get serious! We need to get down to business. > Why do you treat your friends like slow-witted animals? > You look down on us as if we don't know anything. > Why are you working yourself up like this? > Do you want the world redesigned to suit you? > Should reality be suspended to accommodate you? > > 5-21 "Here's the rule: The light of the wicked is put out. > Their flame dies down and is extinguished. > Their house goes dark- > every lamp in the place goes out. > Their strong strides weaken, falter; > they stumble into their own traps. > They get all tangled up > in their own red tape, > Their feet are grabbed and caught, > their necks in a noose. > They trip on ropes they've hidden, > and fall into pits they've dug themselves. > Terrors come at them from all sides. > They run helter-skelter. > The hungry grave is ready > to gobble them up for supper, > To lay them out for a gourmet meal, > a treat for ravenous Death. > They are snatched from their home sweet home > and marched straight to the death house. > Their lives go up in smoke; > acid rain soaks their ruins. > Their roots rot > and their branches wither. > They'll never again be remembered- > nameless in unmarked graves. > They are plunged from light into darkness, > banished from the world. > And they leave empty-handed-not one single child- > nothing to show for their life on this earth. > Westerners are aghast at their fate, > easterners are horrified: > 'Oh no! So this is what happens to perverse people. > This is how the God-ignorant end up!'" > > > > > > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
