Day 282..."Job a faultfinder...deep despair for Jeremiah...the reason for growth"

After Job speaks with a series of animal metaphors (donkey, goat, does, eagle, horse, beast, hawk) God again puts Job in his place..."“Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.” Faultfinders today still blur the vision of faithfinders. Job obviously backs down. Behemoth is a creature of evil that appears in Job and is likened to a hippopotamus. We are well aware of Job's despair but how about Jeremiah's? Today's reading sounds just as dreadful as Job..."Cursed be the day on which I was born! The day when my mother bore me,let it not be blessed!" We will be more inspired by Jeremiah's hope because of the depth of his despair. Paul gives a great explanation of growth..."I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth." We in the Church would do well to always keep this passage handy. Later Paul again points out the folly of placing to much stock in our own abilities..."Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours"