Most of the things I write of are tied in some way to personal experiences I have had in my own life. I usually try to help my readers form visual stories in their minds and follow that story with some moral lesson I have learned. Today will be different.
Today I am the reader and I have formed a visual story in my own mind like no story my readers could ever contrive from my simple words. I ask you to read along with me and share this beautiful vision with me.
“Where is the road to the home of light? Do you know where darkness lives, so you can lead it back to its border? Are you familiar with the paths to its home?…
“Have you entered the place where the snow is stored? Or have you seen the storehouses of hail, which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of warfare and battle?
“What road leads to the place where light is dispersed? Where is the source of the east wind that spreads across the earth? Who cuts a channel for the flooding rain or clears the way for lightning, to bring rain on an uninhabited land, on a desert with no human life, to satisfy the parched wasteland and cause the grass to sprout?
“Does the rain have a father? Who fathered the drops of dew? Whose womb did the ice come from? Who gave birth to the frost of heaven when water becomes as hard as stone, and the surface of the watery depths is frozen?…
“Who put wisdom in the heart or gave the mind understanding? Who has the wisdom to number the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven when the dust hardens like cast metal and the clods of dirt stick together?…”
I don’t know if you are able to see the amazing things I see when I read these words. I don’t know how to even describe the images I visualize as I ponder in complete awe the words God is speaking in this writing. For now I will simply end by quoting Job’s response to God’s words because I couldn’t say it any better than he did. “Then Job answered the Lord: ‘I am so insignificant. How can I answer You? I place my hand over my mouth. I have spoken once, and I will not reply twice, but now I can add nothing.'”
Guthrie, George H. “Job 38-40.” Reading God’s Story: A Chronological Daily Bible. Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Pub., 2011. N. pag. Print.
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