Not Pleading Our Case - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

Thinking about the words of his friends
arguing with Job about God
telling him to be humble
not to come before God
demanding an audience

Not pleading our case
trying to claim to be righteous
over and over again
when we are so humble
and he is the creator of all

Calling instead for his mercy
his grace to be poured out
unmerited love from our king
humbly accepting our trials
along with the gifts of God

For he is able to bring good
though we may not see this
working beyond our comprehension
healing us in God’s way
and making us whole in God’s time

May 28, 2010
struggling with questions of life and death
the book of Job, prayer, and God’s timing

& reading the first part of
the book of Job, including
Job 1:1-5:16
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/reading.cgi?plan=straight&ver=NAS
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 23, 2010, read May 24, 2010
Job 1:21
Job 2:10
and
Job 5:17-8:22
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/reading.cgi?plan=straight&ver=NAS
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 24, 2010, read May 25, 2010
and
Job 9:1-12:12
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/reading.cgi?plan=straight&ver=NAS
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 25, 2010, read May 26, 2010
and
Job 12:13-16:10
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/reading.cgi?plan=straight&ver=NAS
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 26, 2010, read May 27, 2010
and
Job 16:11-20:11
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/reading.cgi?plan=straight&ver=NAS
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 27, 2010, read May 27, 2010 and May 28, 2010
and
Job 20:12 – 24:12
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/reading.cgi?plan=straight&ver=NAS
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for May 28, 2010, read May 28, 2010

and the later part of the book, and
the following poems, “Answering the Clay” and
“His Comeuppance”, posted
to www.christianpoetry.org 5/26/2010,
both based in part on

October 18, 2009
Job 38:1-7 (34-41)
&
Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35b
Job 38:1-7, 16-18, 34-38 & 40:3-5
and sermon, “Father Knows Best”,
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
October 18, 2009

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