Daily Prayer: When You Know Your Redeemer Lives
Daily Prayer: When You Know Your Redeemer Lives Photo by Nathan Dumlao (@nate_dumlao) "I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth." — Job 19:25 I was rinsing out my coffee mug this morning — the one my daughter gave me years ago with the chipped handle I refuse to throw away — and I caught myself just standing there at the sink for a second longer than necessary. Not thinking anything profound. Just noticing the light coming through the window above the faucet. The way it landed on the counter. How the house was still half-asleep around me. And out of nowhere, like it had been waiting for a gap in the noise, this verse landed in my head: I know that my redeemer lives. Job Said It First — and He Meant It There's something I keep coming back to with Job. He was not okay. He was, by any reasonable measure, in ruins. He'd lost his children, his health, his livelihood. His friends were being unhelpful in the pa...