Job Complete

I taught the book of Job last week and the students had a special assignment to create videos telling the story creatively.  There is so much to this book, but here are a few things I took away from this book:

• When life hurts, answers won't make things better.  We need God more than answers.
• When we cry out to God in our pain, we join with many others who lamented to him in the Bible:  David, Jeremiah, Job, and Jesus... just to name a few.  Those laments weren't edited out of the Bible... they stand as a reminder that it's okay to talk with God in our pain.
• If a person is suffering, it is not necessarily a result of sin.  On the other hand, if someone is "righteous" it does not mean they will not have suffering in life.  God is relational, not transactional.  Things aren't always cause and effect.  

In less than 3 weeks I will be teaching Micah for our CSBS and the Tijuana CSBS, so I must keep this update short as I have much work to do!  I will teach on December 10th in Tijuana and on the 11th in Los Angeles.  Really looking forward to diving into the prophets.

Oh yes, here's a video from Job from one of the groups - hope you enjoy!