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Does God Mess Up?

8Bildad from Shuhah was next to speak:H6030H1085H7747H559 2"How can you keep on talking like this? You're talking nonsense, and noisy nonsense at that.H575H5704H4448H561H6310H3524H7307 3Does God mess up? Does God Almighty ever get things backwards?H410H5791H4941H7706H5791H6664 4It's plain that your children sinned against him— otherwise, why would God have punished them?H1121H2398H7971H3027H6588 5Here's what you must do—and don't put it off any longer: Get down on your knees before God Almighty.H7836H410H7836H2603H7706 6If you're as innocent and upright as you say, it's not too late—he'll come running; he'll set everything right again, reestablish your fortunes.H2134H3477H5782H5116H6664H7999 7Even though you're not much right now, you'll end up better than ever.H7225H4705H319H3966H7685

To Hang Your Life from One Thin Thread

8"Put the question to our ancestors, study what they learned from their ancestors.H7592H7223H7223H1755H3559H2714H1 9For we're newcomers at this, with a lot to learn, and not too long to learn it.H8543H3045H3117H776H6738 10So why not let the ancients teach you, tell you what's what, instruct you in what they knew from experience?H3384H559H3318H4405H3820 11Can mighty pine trees grow tall without soil? Can luscious tomatoes flourish without water?H1573H1342H1207H7685H260H7685H1097H4325 12Blossoming flowers look great before they're cut or picked, but without soil or water they wither more quickly than grass.H3H6998H3001H6440H2682 13That's what happens to all who forget God— all their hopes come to nothing.H734H7911H410H2611H8615H6 14They hang their life from one thin thread, they hitch their fate to a spider web.H3689H6990H4009H5908H1004 15One jiggle and the thread breaks, one jab and the web collapses.H8172H1004H5975H2388H6965 16Or they're like weeds springing up in the sunshine, invading the garden,H7373H6440H8121H3127H3318H1593 17Spreading everywhere, overtaking the flowers, getting a foothold even in the rocks.H8328H5440H1530H2372H1004H68 18But when the gardener rips them out by the roots, the garden doesn't miss them one bit.H1104H4725H3584H7200 19The sooner the godless are gone, the better; then good plants can grow in their place.H4885H1870H6083H312H6779 20"There's no way that God will reject a good person, and there is no way he'll help a bad one.H410H3988H8535H2388H3027H7489 21God will let you laugh again; you'll raise the roof with shouts of joy,H4390H6310H7814H8193H8643 22With your enemies thoroughly discredited, their house of cards collapsed."H8130H3847H1322H168H7563H369


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