Job further continued his discourse, and said: "Oh, that I were as in the months past, as in the days when God watched over me;" Job 29:1-2 Any time that a person is going through a very difficult time, that person often looks back on life to a time when there were not so many... Continue Reading →
Genesis 19:26 Desiring The Past
But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:26 The sin in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were so great that God had chosen to destroy both of them. In His great mercy, God warned Lot and his family to flee from the destruction. As Lot, his wife and... Continue Reading →
Job 29:2-3 Only Looking Back
How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me, when his lamp shone on my head and by his light I walked through darkness! Job 29:2-3 Job starts to complain as he is looking back on his life. He is remembering the good times in life, when everything... Continue Reading →
Numbers 11:4-5 Not Seeing What You Have
"The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, If only we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost--also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic." Numbers 11:4-5 God had been providing manna miraculously from heaven for the Israelites... Continue Reading →