Contemplative Bible Reading

Job 19:6 New Living Translation

6 But it is God who has wronged me, capturing me in his net.

There is an old saying about “the patience of Job.” Job could withstand anything and everything and remain patience while waiting for God and for some relief to his Satan-inflicted woes. Yet here is Job, blaming God for his problems. God wronged me. God captured me in His net.

Yes, the most patient of us all lost his patience. That is the human condition. We are an odd lot. Yet, God sent the Son to save us—all of us for all the sins we all committed. It is amazing grace and, as the poet wrote, how sweet is its sound.