A Word on Job

All agreed Job was a good man.
He observed the Sabbath,
Gave to the poor,
Prospered yet remained humble.

God chose to test Job,
By allowing Satan to devastate Job’s life,
Taking Job’s wealth, family and health.
“Would he still love and fear the lord”?

Job questioned the reason for his fall.
Friends suggested he showed hubris.
“Do not ask of god, only offer”, they said.
Job wanted an audience.

Neither Moses, Jesus, nor Mohammed
Had spoken with god directly.
But God granted Job an audience.
Job spoke and God answered.

“Why have you forsaken me?” Job asked.
God’s response thundered across the universe.
“How dare you question me”?
Job was silenced.

God had offered neither sympathy
Nor explanation.
He had behaved as a bully.
We will never recover from the epiphany.