February 21, 2017

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Empty Talk

As I was reading through Job this morning, one particular verse of Scripture jumped off of the page. Job, in this passage, is conversing with his friend, Elihu. After listening to Job’s moaning over his present suffering, Elihu charged him with Moses’s sin, of speaking unadvisedly with his lips when his spirit was provoked. Elihu said, “So Job opens his mouth with empty talk; without knowledge he multiplies words.” ‭‭Job‬ ‭35:16‬ (‭NIV)‬‬ I had to stop and ask myself, “Am...