Job 2:10<\/a> sounds like wisdom… “Shall we receive the good at the hand of God, and not receive the bad?”. What sounds less like wisdom to my ears is association of being a woman with foolishness. Still, it’s not very easy to be wise when you’re under stress as Job was. There’s lots of voices in the Job story (including the voice of God) – and it can be tricky knowing what its messages are.<\/p>\nOne of the difficult things about sorting out is that things we would use (if we had time and energy and the space to store them) probably aren’t in a good enough condition for someone else to use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’m still finding stuff from the past – I’d almost forgotten what my mother’s handwriting looked like. Mustn’t be distracted, though. It’s a lovely morning, but Job 2:10 sounds like wisdom… “Shall we receive the good at the hand of God, and not receive the bad?”. What sounds less like wisdom to my ears is … <\/p>\n
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