Day 265..."Job, Jeremiah, and Paul profess faith in God to heal and bring righteousness"

Job is challenged in his relationship with God. He states a beautiful affirmation for his troubles..."“Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves;therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty. For he wounds, but he binds up;he shatters, but his hands heal." Have we enough faith to say such things, when trouble comes...even if we are being disciplined as a Father disciplines a child? The reading from Jeremiah (likewise professes God's greatness) and also speaks of the need of repentance, healing, and restoration. Another beautiful affirmation reads..."Return, O faithless sons;I will heal your faithlessness.”“Behold, we come to you, for you are the Lord our God." Israel is compared to a bride that is treacherous wife. In both readings, God offers reprimands but also offers healing. Make our reading unanimous! Paul also calls for righteousness. He also levels the playing field as God shows no partiality..."There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. For God shows no partiality." All three readings affirm and profess God's greatness and humankinds need of healing and righteousness.