My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. James 1:19 (NIV) Among other aspects to last Tuesday’s televised presidential debate, the repetitive plea by Chris Wallace—the pummeled moderator—stood out to me. The dear man bordered on begging, hands waving in frustrated gesture. “Gentlemen, if you would, please give each other two minutes to speak without interruption.” Anyone else expect Wallace’s black-rimmed

Early in the morning he (Job) would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them (children), thinking, ‘Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts’. This was Job’s regular custom. Job 1:4-5 (NIV) This week’s devotional is a revised version of one I posted a few years back and will be included in, What the Morning Brings, a compilation of 52 Mary’s Musings devotionals that I hope to make available to readers sometime this year! Father of ten kids, it was Job

But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father — Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. I John 2:2a Advocate: (noun) a person who pleads for or in behalf of another; intercessor. Advocate: (verb) to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly. The word advocate has soothed my soul over recent months during a prolonged season of waiting. Recently my husband discovered a job posted by the CEO of a facility where a good friend of his works

His wife (Job) said to him, “Are you still holding onto your integrity? Curse God and die!” Job 2:9 I can just hear the haughty snarl in Job’s wife’s voice when she spewed her angry disrespect. Considering the intimacy of one’s name, the power of a name, the usefulness of one’s name, God denied her the privilege of having hers recorded in holy scripture. She remains forever known as ‘wife’ (2:9, 19:17a, 31:10). Up front, the book of Job says, “there lived a man whose name was