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Today's reading: Job 33-34

"Look, you and I are the same before God. I, too, was formed from clay. So you don't need to be afraid of me. I am not some great person to make you nervous and afraid." Job 33:6-7 NLT

I'll be the first to admit that Job's friends offer little in the way of quote-worthy tidbits. But every once in a while, they all hit on a topic that is heading in the right direction--before they dangerously veer off  a steep, self-righteous, condemning cliff.

Case in point: today's verse.

All Christians who want to approach those skeptical of us need t-shirts with this verse printed on it.

A neutral zone. A common ground. A reminder, for them and for us, that we are all imperfect humans.

Non-believers think we think less of them.

Non-believers tend to have an errant believe that we look down on them.

Non-believers feel as if we lord our righteousness over them like we have earned it or deserve it--and if we are, boy are we ever wrong in that assumption.

We are the exact same as they are--except for one choice: choosing to accept the gift of God's salvation.