Tag: grief
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Day 013: Really, Elihu? (Job 36:1-4)
Job’s friends—and Elihu most of all—say many true things about God. The problem isn’t that they speak falsehoods; it’s that they speak true things in false ways. They turn wisdom into weapons, doctrine into diagnosis, and God’s justice into a cudgel for the suffering. In doing so, they don’t just misread Job—they misrepresent God.
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Day 005: The Weight of Grief, the Weight of Glory (Job 6:2–3)
ob compares his grief to the sands of the sea, unbearable and unmeasurable. C.S. Lewis calls our future hope in Christ a “weight of glory.” This post contrasts Job’s crushing sorrow with Paul’s promise of glory beyond all comparison (2 Corinthians 4:17–18), showing how the gospel transforms grief into hope.
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Day 338: Comfort Food (2 Corinthians 1:3-7)
On a gray, comfort-food kind of day, Paul reminds us that God is the One who comes alongside us in our affliction—and His comfort is meant to be shared.
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Day 322: Six Jolly Cowboys (Acts 8:2)
A meditation on Johnny Cash, funerals, and the stark contrast between Ananias, Sapphira, and Stephen—asking what kind of life we’re living toward our own funeral, and what kind of people will carry us when our time comes.
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Day 302: The Other Time Jesus Got Mad (John 11)
Most people remember Jesus cleansing the temple as the one time He got angry. But in John 11, Jesus’ anger burns again—this time, not against people, but against death itself. When He stood at Lazarus’s tomb, He “snorted with anger,” confronting the Great Interrupter that had marred His Father’s perfect design.
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Day 137: My Father is Peace (2 Samuel 18:33)
Through the Bible: 2 Samuel 16-18