Contemplative Bible Reading

Job 1:1 (New Living Translation)

There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was blameless—a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil.

Such begins the Old Testament book that recounts the (hi)story of Job. A simple statement that describes the man. Note the last few words, “(he) stayed away from evil.”

Tempted by fill-in-the-blank? Stay away from it. Simple? Yes. Easy? Not always. Still, as the folks at Nike used to say, JUST DO IT. See it coming? Turn the other way.