Tuesday, 6 September 2011

The One Year Bible - Day 237

Job in many ways is a challenge about being judgemental. When you see someone suffering, is your instinct that they must have done something wrong, or they chose their path? Sometimes this is true but do we think that they deserve their fate when we accept grace from God instead of our fate? Job challenges his listeners to encourage people out of suffering rather than to judge them. That is not to say that we shouldn't expect people to take a stand and be responsible for themselves but it does mean that we should understand people from a perspective of love.

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