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Today's reading: Job 21-22

This morning while reading the advice Job's friend, Eliphaz the Temanite, give him, I cringe. Especially the critiques he shares in 22:6-11.

I cannot believe he said, out loud AND to another, what we all think in our heads--about ourselves!

Maybe you haven't said those words, maybe your words sounded something like this...

Well, if you hadn't...

If you were a better person...

Do you really think you deserve better than...

Are you really that surprised 'this' happened to you...

However it sounded, you personally take majority of the blame and agree wholeheartedly with our enemy's lies that this is all your fault.

It's not the truth!

Sure, sins have consequences.

Sure, bad choices lead to unlovely endings.

Sure, we are a highly imperfect lot.

But God doesn't rain down curses on us based solely on us.

As in the case of Job.

Please, please remember that when you are demeaning yourself in regards to all that's going on around you.

Don't be a Eliphaz!