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SMART MAN Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens when the dust becomes hard and the clods of the earth stick together? Job 38:37b-38 NIV SMART MAN Smart man, God gave you hands - to fill a water jug, to sprinkle the garden. Who has bought powdered water, wrung out the rain from a cloud, picked the dewdrops, like petals from the sky? Smart man, who?! Smart man, who turns to dust after one hundred years, who waters your grave, after the mourners walk away? How heavy, the water jars of heaven? The angels huge with wings, kick them over at God’s command, not man’s. Are we just clods, that stick together. We are set to flight only at the Lord’s command, indefensible. Our tongues cannot stick out to catch a rain that does not exist. Resist the Lord, smart man? Is he not a friend? Is he not the living water, the living end? 6/21/2022

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Date: 6/23/2022 8:19:00 AM
Wow! What a powerful narration of God’s blessings and power! Enjoyed from start to finish
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Date: 6/23/2022 12:03:00 AM
Wow what a great way to tell it. I sure enjoyed this one
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 6/23/2022 6:05:00 AM
Thank you, Andrea!
Date: 6/22/2022 2:24:00 PM
What a wonderful write my friend. We have much to be thankful for. have a great day.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 6/23/2022 6:06:00 AM
Yes we do. Thank you, David!
Date: 6/21/2022 5:11:00 PM
This is truly a joy and a delight, Kim. FAVE for me, for sure! Thanks, Gershon
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 6/22/2022 5:00:00 AM
Thank you, Gershon! Job indeed has great content! Be blessed!
Date: 6/21/2022 1:27:00 PM
Yes, your beautiful poem is a needed reminder of how helpless mankind really is without God. Excellent verse, Kim! :)
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 6/21/2022 2:20:00 PM
Thank you, Laura!
Date: 6/21/2022 11:09:00 AM
We as humans can only exclaim in wonderment: You are the Lord and wondrous are your works! An outstanding writing, my friend, Kim. MaybHe keep blessings you and your work!
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 6/21/2022 2:21:00 PM
Thank you so much, Demetrios! You inspire me too! God bless you!
Date: 6/21/2022 10:43:00 AM
He is indeed the be all and end all, he has the final say on everything. Tom
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 6/21/2022 11:03:00 AM
Thanks so much, Tom, for reading this, commenting and for your faith! God bless!
Date: 6/21/2022 9:06:00 AM
The Book of Job has a lesson to teach. I admit I read only parts of it. Yet you did a good job of this poem. Hugs.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 6/21/2022 9:25:00 AM
Thank you, Victor! I think when you study it, you get over your fear of it. It is a great book.

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