Through The Ice Ridges

By the breath of God ice is given,
And the broad waters are frozen.
  Elihu in Job 37:10

Early this morning I looked out and saw a SUV carefully driving through the ice ridges of our town streets. We had them last year as well, and driving into one of these things without the proper caution will wake a person right up. How to make the ridges worse, one might ask? Oh, just have a little snow fall down on top during the night so that the icy devils cannot be seen, and you have a recipe for a driving adventure. After striking one of these things going just a bit too fast, you might speak a kindly prayer for young Elihu. Kindly, that is, after you edit out the, uh, salty words you used at first to describe him. It seems that God might have a question about the actual source of ice for the Mr. Elihu too:

From whose womb comes the ice
And the frost of heaven, who gives it birth?
  -- Job 38:29

God had lots of questions for those of us who, like Elihu, get caught out relying on what we think we know in place of trusting in the Lord. (Proverbs 3:5-6) Starting in chapter 38 of the Book of Job, we can all learn a bit of the ol' humility by answering just a few of those questions from the Lord. Or even just one of the questions...maybe?

Have a delightful day in the Lord Jesus Christ!

Bucky