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Bible translation used in today's episode: Ch. 29-30 NLT

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Podcast Introduction

This is Poetry Thursday, and we’ll read Job 29-30. I’ll I’m calling this episode ˆGloomy Gus.”

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Comments on Job 29-30

Doesn’t you heart just really go out to Job? My goodness. The poor guy remembers what life was like before his afflictions came, and He speaks of the horrible physical, emotional and spiritual pain he is in. How could anybody not feel bad for him?

Speaking of his pain. I’ve never experienced anything near the physical pain that Job suffered, but I have gone through a few excruciating episodes. I have a back that every once in a while decides to lay me out. The pain can be so bad that I need help to stand up. 

And I’ve had bouts of kidney stones. Oh my goodness. Talk about excruciating. The first time it happened to me, I didn’t know what was going on. I thought I was dying. I went to the ER and of course they knew right away what was going on, and they gave me a shot of morphine. 

Now, I’m not a drug user, so you’d think that morphine would have an effect on me, right? Nope. It did nothing to ease my pain. So they gave me another hit. After a few minutes, the pain went from a ten to maybe a seven. But they weren’t going to give me any more morphine.

And a few years ago I broke my ankle and tore some ligaments in my knee in a motorcycle accident. I was laid up for more than three months, and it took much longer than that to regain my mobility.

I tell you all this to say that when I’m in really bad pain, my personality has a tendency to shift just a bit. Instead of the nice guy that you’ve come to know and love here on the show, I can get…shall we say…snippy. And my normally sunshiny disposition changes to gloom. I’m sure I’m going to die at any moment. 

I’m a terrible patient. 

So given what Job was experiencing, I don’t think we can really hold against him the accusations he made against God in the 30th chapter. Job said God had become cruel toward him, that He used his power to persecute him, and so forth. Of course we know that the attacks on Job came from Satan, and even Job (when he was in his right mind) knew that God was his redeemer. But Job had come to the end of his rope. 

I get it. He was, after all, just a man.

Over the next few chapters we’ll hear from Elihu, the last of Job’s friends that came to visit him. And then it’ll be God’s turn. What God says to Job is one of my favorite parts of the Bible.

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Job 29-30: Gloomy Gus (LSOYB S13E103)

[TEASER - 0:00]I just feel like I'm gonna die at any moment

[INTRO S13E103 - 0:10]Coming to you from Riverside, California, this is the Lifespring One Year Bible, formerly the Lifespring Family Audio Bible, and podcasting since 2004, I'm your OG Godcaster, Steve Webb. This is the daily podcast where we are reading through the entire Bible in a year and it's Poetry Thursday. We will read Job 29 and 30. I'm calling the episode “Gloomy Gus.”

Before we read, let's pray.

Our heavenly Father, as we read today, please show us what you want us to learn from the life of Job. I pray this in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Okay, let's begin.

[JOB 29 (NLT) - 0:48]Job, chapter 29.

(1) Job continued speaking:

(2) “I long for the years gone bywhen God took care of me,(3) when he lit up the way before meand I walked safely through the darkness.(4) When I was in my prime,God’s friendship was felt in my home.(5) The Almighty was still with me,