I cannot change the color of my sins—only Jesus can.
Confronted by the Mighty God
We do not know if Job’s wife Sitis returned to the faith or if she died cursing God. However, as I began thinking and studying this story through her eyes, I wanted to continue to do so to the end of the book. That is the reason Sitis is still telling the story here, while… Read More
Self-Righteous Responses
Sitis is stuck in her bitter emotions, which is obvious from her words in Job 2:9, “Curse God and die.” Much like Adam’s wife Eve did in Genesis 3, Job’s wife spurs her husband to doubt God’s use of divine powers. Perhaps her challenge helped open Job’s eyes to deepen of his knowledge of his relationship… Read More
Salt in the Wound
All the sorrow in the story of Job built barriers between God and me as I read it, and though the lessons became clear in my mind, I still got stuck in the pain my heart felt. Job’s wife (traditionally named Sitis) got mired in her agony as well. His friends were convinced that the… Read More
Why do I even try?
Have some of you noticed that we are not yet perfect? (No great surprise, right?) And are you ready to make the accusation that since people like me, who go through Christ in order to get things right with God, aren’t perfectly virtuous, Christ must therefore be an accessory to sin? The accusation is frivolous.… Read More
You Try So Hard, But…
You’ve blown it again. You’ve blown it again. You’re trying, but with your imperfect raw materials, you can’t live the way you want to live, the way God’s righteousness demands that you live. You have proved once again that it is impossible for you to measure up to God’s standard of perfection. You’re not alone;… Read More
Go and Sin No More
I must confess that my first reaction to the story in John 8, “A Woman Caught in Adultery,” has often been defensive finger-pointing. Me: “It takes two to commit adultery. What are they going to do to the man?” That’s not the point Jesus makes in this story. It’s not: “But everybody else is doing… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 