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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:00 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday May 27 > Job 19-21 (The Message) > > Job 19 > Job Answers Bildad > I Call for Help and No One Bothers > 1-6 Job answered: "How long are you going to keep battering away at me, > pounding me with these harangues? > Time after time after time you jump all over me. > Do you have no conscience, abusing me like this? > Even if I have, somehow or other, gotten off the track, > what business is that of yours? > Why do you insist on putting me down, > using my troubles as a stick to beat me? > Tell it to God-he's the one behind all this, > he's the one who dragged me into this mess. > > 7-12 "Look at me-I shout 'Murder!' and I'm ignored; > I call for help and no one bothers to stop. > God threw a barricade across my path-I'm stymied; > he turned out all the lights-I'm stuck in the dark. > He destroyed my reputation, > robbed me of all self-respect. > He tore me apart piece by piece-I'm ruined! > Then he yanked out hope by the roots. > He's angry with me-oh, how he's angry! > He treats me like his worst enemy. > He has launched a major campaign against me, > using every weapon he can think of, > coming at me from all sides at once. > I Know That God Lives > 13-20 "God alienated my family from me; > everyone who knows me avoids me. > My relatives and friends have all left; > houseguests forget I ever existed. > The servant girls treat me like a bum off the street, > look at me like they've never seen me before. > I call my attendant and he ignores me, > ignores me even though I plead with him. > My wife can't stand to be around me anymore. > I'm repulsive to my family. > Even street urchins despise me; > when I come out, they taunt and jeer. > Everyone I've ever been close to abhors me; > my dearest loved ones reject me. > I'm nothing but a bag of bones; > my life hangs by a thread. > > 21-22 "Oh, friends, dear friends, take pity on me. > God has come down hard on me! > Do you have to be hard on me, too? > Don't you ever tire of abusing me? > > 23-27 "If only my words were written in a book- > better yet, chiseled in stone! > Still, I know that God lives-the One who gives me back my life- > and eventually he'll take his stand on earth. > And I'll see him-even though I get skinned alive!- > see God myself, with my very own eyes. > Oh, how I long for that day! > > 28-29 "If you're thinking, 'How can we get through to him, > get him to see that his trouble is all his own fault?' > Forget it. Start worrying about yourselves. > Worry about your own sins and God's coming judgment, > for judgment is most certainly on the way." > Job 20 > Zophar Attacks Job-The Second Round > Savoring Evil as a Delicacy > 1-3 Zophar from Naamath again took his turn: "I can't believe what I'm > hearing! > You've put my teeth on edge, my stomach in a knot. > How dare you insult my intelligence like this! > Well, here's a piece of my mind! > > 4-11 "Don't you even know the basics, > how things have been since the earliest days, > when Adam and Eve were first placed on earth? > The good times of the wicked are short-lived; > godless joy is only momentary. > The evil might become world famous, > strutting at the head of the celebrity parade, > But still end up in a pile of dung. > Acquaintances look at them with disgust and say, 'What's that?' > They fly off like a dream that can't be remembered, > like a shadowy illusion that vanishes in the light. > Though once notorious public figures, now they're nobodies, > unnoticed, whether they come or go. > Their children will go begging on skid row, > and they'll have to give back their ill-gotten gain. > Right in the prime of life, > and youthful and vigorous, they'll die. > > 12-19 "They savor evil as a delicacy, > roll it around on their tongues, > Prolong the flavor, a dalliance in decadence- > real gourmets of evil! > But then they get stomach cramps, > a bad case of food poisoning. > They gag on all that rich food; > God makes them vomit it up. > They gorge on evil, make a diet of that poison- > a deadly diet-and it kills them. > No quiet picnics for them beside gentle streams > with fresh-baked bread and cheese, and tall, cool drinks. > They spit out their food half-chewed, > unable to relax and enjoy anything they've worked for. > And why? Because they exploited the poor, > took what never belonged to them. > > 20-29 "Such God-denying people are never content with what they have > or who they are; > their greed drives them relentlessly. > They plunder everything > but they can't hold on to any of it. > Just when they think they have it all, disaster strikes; > they're served up a plate full of misery. > When they've filled their bellies with that, > God gives them a taste of his anger, > and they get to chew on that for a while. > As they run for their lives from one disaster, > they run smack into another. > They're knocked around from pillar to post, > beaten to within an inch of their lives. > They're trapped in a house of horrors, > and see their loot disappear down a black hole. > Their lives are a total loss- > not a penny to their name, not so much as a bean. > God will strip them of their sin-soaked clothes > and hang their dirty laundry out for all to see. > Life is a complete wipeout for them, > nothing surviving God's wrath. > There! That's God's blueprint for the wicked- > what they have to look forward to." > Job 21 > Job's Response > Why Do the Wicked Have It So Good? > 1-3Job replied: "Now listen to me carefully, please listen, > at least do me the favor of listening. > Put up with me while I have my say- > then you can mock me later to your heart's content. > > 4-16 "It's not you I'm complaining to-it's God. > Is it any wonder I'm getting fed up with his silence? > Take a good look at me. Aren't you appalled by what's happened? > No! Don't say anything. I can do without your comments. > When I look back, I go into shock, > my body is racked with spasms. > Why do the wicked have it so good, > live to a ripe old age and get rich? > They get to see their children succeed, > get to watch and enjoy their grandchildren. > Their homes are peaceful and free from fear; > they never experience God's disciplining rod. > Their bulls breed with great vigor > and their cows calve without fail. > They send their children out to play > and watch them frolic like spring lambs. > They make music with fiddles and flutes, > have good times singing and dancing. > They have a long life on easy street, > and die painlessly in their sleep. > They say to God, 'Get lost! > We've no interest in you or your ways. > Why should we have dealings with God Almighty? > What's there in it for us?' > But they're wrong, dead wrong-they're not gods. > It's beyond me how they can carry on like this! > > 17-21 "Still, how often does it happen that the wicked fail, > or disaster strikes, > or they get their just deserts? > How often are they blown away by bad luck? > Not very often. > You might say, 'God is saving up the punishment for their children.' > I say, 'Give it to them right now so they'll know what > they've done!' > They deserve to experience the effects of their evil, > feel the full force of God's wrath firsthand. > What do they care what happens to their families > after they're safely tucked away in the grave? > Fancy Funerals with All the Trimmings > 22-26 "But who are we to tell God how to run his affairs? > He's dealing with matters that are way over our heads. > Some people die in the prime of life, > with everything going for them- > fat and sassy. > Others die bitter and bereft, > never getting a taste of happiness. > They're laid out side by side in the cemetery, > where the worms can't tell one from the other. > > 27-33 "I'm not deceived. I know what you're up to, > the plans you're cooking up to bring me down. > Naively you claim that the castles of tyrants fall to pieces, > that the achievements of the wicked collapse. > Have you ever asked world travelers how they see it? > Have you not listened to their stories > Of evil men and women who got off scot-free, > who never had to pay for their wickedness? > Did anyone ever confront them with their crimes? > Did they ever have to face the music? > Not likely-they're given fancy funerals > with all the trimmings, > Gently lowered into expensive graves, > with everyone telling lies about how wonderful they were. > > 34 "So how do you expect me to get any comfort from your nonsense? > Your so-called comfort is a tissue of lies." > > > > > > > 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. 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