The book of Job resonates with the human experience. As people of faith we all can say: “But as for me, I know that my Vindicator lives.” (Cue the aria from Handel’s Messiah.) At the same time so often when we are going through grief or sorrow or loss we cry out: “Pity me, pity me, O you my friends.” While we know of God’s mercy and have confidence in God’s ultimate triumph, too often that doesn’t help us in the midst of the pain of the moment. What Job realizes, what we must realize, is that knowing about God is not sufficient. We must know God. It is our relationship with God that get us through the rough times, not knowledge of the catechism.
