The child learns to speak because his father speaks to him. He learns the speech of his father. So we learn to speak to God because God has spoken to us and speaks to us. By means of the speech of the Father in heaven his children learn to speak with him. Repeating God’s own words after him, we begin to pray to him.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1906-1945, in Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible
In a sense, God writes the ending of every story. This is uniquely significant in the story of Job.
What is the essential thing we need that will allow us to look back on a life well-lived? The bottom-line answer the Bible gives is, “Wisdom.”
Solomon was relatively young when he took over the throne from his father David. He wasn’t sure he could handle the job. These chapters show us how he grew into his role.
Central Reflections 