Job — it is a book which I’ve always wrestled to understand, one I had a hard time reading, aside from the first and last few chapters. In a recent post on devotional reading I commended using good commentaries. With the help of one of these in hand I’ve come to see with new clarity that Job richly reveals grace and mercy. It reveals God intimately knowing and understanding us, and those around us, in our deepest valleys of trial, suffering, and spiritual struggle.
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