Devotional for friends // Devocional para as amigas

  I don’t know many people who really like the book of Job in the Bible. I didn’t know how much I appreciate this book until recently.  The part I like the most is from Elihu forward.  You know, the most part of the book Job’s friends are arguing about whose fault it is that Job is going through all that. Is he really guilty? If he is not, how can we think of a Just God? So that is just the point of the book. We can’t. Our notion of justice is too limited and far from God’s that we can’t make any sense of it.  And I say that not because I am all wise, not at all. Because when Elihu speaks he shows that we know nothing, we are nothing compared to God’s greatness. Our standards for justice are nothing compared to God’s.  You see, God is perfect and we have no idea what is to be really perfect. Because we have never seen perfect, nothing made by man can be perfect. We missed our chance in the Garden of Eden. Everything God does is perfect. When God finally speaks to Job, this is exactly w

  Escala de medida da dor We are tempted to think like the ancient pagans “If you are good, you’ll have a good life with no problems; but if you’re evil or bad, the gods will punish you, and you’ll be miserable”. But life shows us a different story, we are tired of seeing good people suffering and bad people thriving. We can recognize a bad and a good person from a mile away. But we forget we judge them from what we see. But God sees them from within. And I am not saying that God agrees with the thought only bad people deserve to suffer. I am saying that our judgment about good and bad is not accurate. But God’s justice goes beyond our understanding, we will never know why some people suffer and other suffers less. I say that because I do not believe that there is one person who has not suffered in life. Some people deal with suffering better than others.  Let’s look at Job from the Bible.  Job was a good man, blessed by God. Considered by God an upright man who feared Him. But Satan d