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The Impatience of Job* (Slate)
* I’m posting only one article today because it’s that good. Savor it. Brew some coffee or tea or crack open a fizzy drink and sit down and read this. It is powerful and fascinating and necessary in this, the year 2022. This quote I’ve pulled comes from near then end, and it’s something by which I’ve tried to live my life.
Maybe the moral of Job is this: If God won’t create just circumstances, then we have to. As we do, Job’s honesty—in the face of both a harsh, collapsing world and the kinds of ignorant devotion that worsen it—must be our guiding force.