Selwyn continues to look at what happened to Job and ‘the lack of clear answers given by God to the perplexities that had troubled Job.’ I think that the next statement made by Selwyn is one of the hardest for modern men and women to accept. ‘He (Job) came to realise that God was perfectly [...]
What happened to Job is hard to understand – and to a certain degree – similar things will happen in our own lives which will have us looking into the sky – asking ‘Why?’. We know, from what’s written about Job that he ” … eventually got the point: there were some things he would [...]
I totally agree with Selwyn when he states: “No one believes in miracles more than I do, and I have witnessed enough of them to know that there is nothing God cannot do. I am also sure of this, however: sin has struck deep into the universe, and although God intervenes at times to produce astonishing [...]
Selwyn returns to a theme which he explores in a recent issue. This issue is that ‘life in this fallen world may be more tragic than orderly’. He starts today’s study with: “Undoubtedly the words ‘surprised by God’ instinctively bring to mind such wonders as miracles and blessings and amazing last-minute rescues from difficult situations. [...]
Selwyn continues to consider the surprising fact that ‘God reveals Himself not only in the spectacular but (also) in the simple.’ He concludes, by saying; “Life is filled with so many ordinary moments – moments when it might appear nothing significant is happening. Whatever you do, don’t treat the ordinary moments as worhless shavings (of [...]
Today, Selwyn recounts the first words he heard from Jesus, our loving God, as follows; “the first words I ever heard Him say came to me as a shock. I was stunned by their simplicity and ordinariness. I had been a Christian for only a few months when one day, while kneeling in prayer at [...]
Our grief – His grief
I like the following from today’s study (especially the last bit): “God not only looks down in love when we are caught up in tragedy, not only weeps with us as we are surrounded by the flames, but reaches down into the flames to soothe and support. And His own hands get scorched in the [...]
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