Story Of Job
Story Of Job
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Job 1:1
"In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.'
In my visions
Somethings
Going down
Think it's time
To get out
Of town
- Job 1:8
And the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?”
Climbed to the peak
Looked out to sea
Reflected on the fate
Of myself
Humanity
Job 1:12
“And the Lord said to Satan, ‘Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.’ So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.”
I'm heading out
Alone in the night
Got no destination
Made mistakes
Nothing will
Make right
Job 1:12
“And the Lord said to Satan, ‘Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.’ So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.”
Something in my
Heart
Lost
Where had
It gone
Tried to sing
But I forgot
My song
Never dreamed
Life would
Be this way
Alone in the
Streets
Dreaming of
Yesterday
For many
Years
Felt it was
Fate
Tried to
Connect
But I
Could
Not
Relate
People act
One way
Who can
We trust
Other's do
Things but
Not what
They
Promised
I stay in my house
The curtains
Are drawn
A sign outside
Reads
Stay off the lawn
Job 1:19
"When suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!"
No Family
No home
Friends gone
Walking
Through
Life
All
Alone
Wish I was honest
Wish I was free
To survive childhood
Changed in ways
That no longer
Serve me
Long long ago
My heart was torn
Have felt lost
Since the day
I was
Born
I'm insecure
Bout what
Happened to me
I'm not the man
I wish to be
My trust in life
Hurt as a child
Heart
Broken
To survive
In life I
Went
Wild
My youth passed
Sure went by fast
Didn't think bout
How nothing
Lasts
I'm old now
What can I do
My body
Don't work
Like it used to
Traveling
Through life
Lost trust
In others
Nearly
Gave up on
My sisters
Brothers
Job 6:14
"He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
During day
Walk the
Streets
People
Act odd
When our
Paths cross
And meet
Some people
Talk about me
If they had
Their way
I’d be cast
Out at sea
Today
Let others
Speak lies
Myself I will be
I am not
Afraid
To be
Me
Job 6:11 –
“What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?”
Walking down
The highway
Lost in mind
Couldn't pay
The mortgage
Got too far
Behind
I had a
House
A wife
Children too
They left me
In the night
Now I sing
The blues
Job 2:9-10
“Then his (Job) wife said to him, ‘Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!’ But he said to her, ‘You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?’ In all of this Job did not sin with his lips.”
Thought
Bout a girl
Who was
Loving
Kind
Till she said
It had to end
And blew up
My mind
I set out in life
Traveled
Far and wide
I discovered
My wounded
Spirit
Inside
Nearly
Died
Stand or fall
Don’t underestimate
Your foe
Winner takes all
Don’t trust others
Wherever you go
My stories
Not over
It's not
The end
Can you spare
Money for
A brother
I'm hungry
Don't have
A dollar
To spend
Looking out
On this dying city
I feel the pain
Of living but
Don't look
Down on
Me with
Pity
What happened to me
Can happen to you
This world's a lie
Nothing but love is
True
One day
We can
Have it all
Feel life
Good
Then the rugs
Pulled out
We
Take
A fall
Job 42:2, 5-6
“I know that You can do all things, and that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted. I had heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You, therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Job 19:25
"For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth."
Looking for love
At last I searched
Inside
I discovered a
Love that
Never
Dies
Job 5:11
"He sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety."
We all live
The story of Job
In our own way
No matter how great
Our Suffering
Trust and have faith
My children
The dark times
Soon will
Pass
Away
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Isaiah 51:6
"Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and they who dwell in it will die in like manner; but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will never be dismayed."
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David Penn Arndt 2022
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Artwork - William Blake - Job rebuked by his
friends.
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