Day 264..."I had a bad day...really! God is with us in the struggle"

Job in response to his suffering begins to curse the day that he was born. Have we ever become that downcast? Bad days, bad years, or bad lives can become our focal point. Eliphaz, known as a friend...connects suffering with evil and believes innocence brings prosperity. Rabbi Kush's question about "why bad things happen to good people?" has no "pat" answer. We will continue to wrestle with this subject of suffering in the Book of Job.
Jeremiah also teaches of suffering and the folly of worshiping other gods..."But where are your gods that you made for yourself? Let them arise, if they can save you,in your time of trouble." This is perhaps one strong case for Christianity, though not necessary to make a case, our God suffers with us. Is this not one possibility with Job? One of the insights about the relationship with the Creator and created is found in Romans chapter 1..."because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator." There seems to be a thread in all three readings today about God's supremacy and our struggle to understand what it means to be human.