By David Faust A peculiar kind of suffering sneaks up on those who lead productive lives. Eventually it dawns on you that you’re no longer in your prime. No one wants to fade into irrelevance like an old yellowed newspaper—yesterday’s news. A woman who used to turn heads when she walked into a room […]
By David Faust In the midst of his troubles, Job had three friends who came to “sympathize with him and comfort him” (Job 2:11). Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar cried with Job and sat on the ground with him for a full week without saying anything (2:12, 13). They listened as Job tried to find an […]
By David Faust Did you ever try to blow out one of those stubborn birthday candles that refuses to quit burning? I’ve seen people nearly hyperventilate while trying to extinguish them. For a determined believer, faith is like an unyielding candle. When the winds of hardship blow, the flame may flicker but it won’t […]
By David Faust Comedian Steven Wright asks some thought-provoking questions: • “If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?” • “Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?” • “What’s another word for thesaurus?” • “How young can you die of old age?” In the midst of his suffering Job […]
By David Faust Job’s friend Eliphaz got it right when he observed, “Man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward” (Job 5:7). Suffering takes many forms. You can see it in the eyes of a widower who misses his wife, the sorrow of parents who grieve the loss of a son […]
