Reflecting on loss, Referring to the cross: the suffering of Job
A few days ago, I was doing an assignment for a class I'm taking in college. The assignment required me to read through the book of Job and create a theology of suffering according to Job's life and "circumstance" as most would call it. All that I could think of was Job's thoughts regarding the profit of the wicked in chapter 21. "Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power? Their offspring are established in their presence, their descendants before their eyes. Their houses are safe from fear, and no rod of God is upon them. Their bull breeds without fail; their cow calves do not miscarry. They send out their little boys like a flock, and their children dance. They sing to the tambourine and the lyre and rejoice to the sound of the pipe. They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace, they go down to Sheol." (21:7-13) The intriguing thing here is that Job was considered righteous by God. However, Job considered prosperity for t...