“Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment?
Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?
2 There are those who move boundary stones;
they pasture flocks they have stolen.
3 They drive away the orphan’s donkey
and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
4 They thrust the needy from the path
and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
5 Like wild donkeys in the desert,
the poor go about their labor of foraging food;
the wasteland provides food for their children.
6 They gather fodder in the fields
and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.
7 Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.
8 They are drenched by mountain rains
and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.
9 The fatherless child is snatched from the breast;
the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.
10 Lacking clothes, they go about naked;
they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
11 They crush olives among the terraces[a];
they tread the winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
12 The groans of the dying rise from the city,
and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.
But God charges no one with wrongdoing.
– Job 24: 1 – 12
It’s 1 : 37 PM on day 1293 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, brush my teeth, feed myself bran flakes for breakfast read Job 27, publish my Disability of the Day feature, promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign – no donations so far today I’ve realized no matter how many times I tell people about Eradicate AIDS those who want to will donate and those who don’t won’t so just for today I’m taking a break I’m only 23 it’s not healthy for me to sit in front of the laptop all day every day trying to convince people to be the change they want to see – and talk to my granny in India via Skype.
This morning I woke up believing there was a God but I still couldn’t help wondering where he was good people were suffering while evil people were roaming the earth doing whatever they pleased I think I’m going through what our reverend calls a “period of spiritual dryness” I guess having faith means praying through the questions.