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The book of Job is considered one of the world’s greatest literary achievements. Thirty nine of its 42 chapters are written as poetry; its author is unknown. The central character is Job, a wealthy herder who hved at Uz, possibly the region of Edom in ancient Palestine. Job 1:1 calls him a “blameless and upright man who feared God.” The story is set generations after Abraham’s time, yet centuries before Christ. Although the theme of the book is “why do godly people suffer?” it falls short of answering that question. Job was blessed with a large family: seven sons and three daughters. He owned a large herd comprising 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 1000 cattle, and 500 donkeys. Satan approached God one day and accused Job of being a mercenary who was faithful and righteous because God had continued to bless him. Satan proposed to God, “Take away everything he has, and Job will curse you.” God granted Satan’s request with the stipulation that Job not be harmed. Soon thereafter, Job lost his entire herd to marauding raiders and a firestorm. Further, a windstorm shuck a house, killing all his children. Even in the face of extreme adversity, Job remained faithful to God. This prompted Satan to request God’s permission to ratchet up the misery index. God consented, but cautioned Satan not to kill Job. Soon thereafter, Job was afflicted with a dreaded skin disease, leaving him with painful sores all over his body. Seeing the utter hopelessness of her husband’s condition, Job’s wife said, “Why don’t you curse God and die?” As Job sits on an ash heap, four of his friends come to comfort and console him: Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar, and Elihu. After a week of silence, they take turns analyzing the reason for Job’s misfortune. Each man advances the same theme— that God is punishing Job because of his sin. Bildad went so far as to say that the death of Job’s children was caused by their sins. Job denies all accusations vehemently, saying, “I have done no wrong.” Job demands that God explain why he is being punished. In response, God arrives in a whirlwind. He never directly answers Job, but asks a barrage of questions that only the Creator can answer, such as: “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?”, “Can you direct the movement of the stars?” and “Is it your wisdom that makes the hawk soar and spread its wings toward the south?” Job replies, “I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.” God turns His attention toward Billy Powell Columnist www.billypowellbooks.com Job’s guests, accusing them of spreading lies, and ordering them to order an animal sacrifice and to have Job pray for them. As the story ends, the Lord not only restores Job’s possessions, but gives him twice as many animals as he had before and grants him ten more children. Job hved 140 more years and saw four generations of his family. In counterarguments with his accusatory friends, Job utters a prophetic allusion to Christ, saying, ‘ ‘I know that my Redeemer liveth and he will stand upon the earth in the latter days.” Although Jesus had not yet come into the world, Job foresaw a Redeemer— “the mediator between God and man”—who would vindicate him before God. PAGE 6 - THURSDAY, APRIL 11. 2013 Prophetic Allusion To Christ In Job We Never Needed Arm Guards. We Had Mrs. Ammon The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I were watching television, listening to a news report and I simply broke out into laughter. “What are you laughing at?” my wife asked. “I’m just thinking of Mrs. Ammon. When I went to school we didn’t need any armed guards, we had Mrs. Ammon and nobody crossed her.” The news report went on to say how they were trying to put armed guards at every school in our country. I suppose that is a good idea, I do not know all the ins and outs of the pohticalness of that report. Everything these days seems to have some kind of a pohtical angle to it. Now that pohtical angle is intruding itself into the pubhc school system. Tins is all an attempt to protect our school children. I am all for that. I was thinking, however, that when I was a youngster we did not need that sort of tiling. We had Mrs. Ammon and her infamous hickory stick. Very few people remember a time when a teacher had, as one of her tools for education, a hickory stick and knew how to wield it, and wield it they did. Somebody may ask how I know about that. Very simply. I am the product of a teacher wielding the hickory stick. It is hard now to remember the occasion that called for the apphcation of that hickory stick. Actually, there was more than one occasion calling for such teacher and student interaction. The old saying was that our teacher would apply the “Board of Education” to the “Seat of Learning.” Beheve me when I say, I earned a degree in that. Somebody will say, “Tilings have changed.” I will agree that tilings have changed, but most tilings have not changed for the better. Back in “the day” when I was a member of the pubhc education system, the teachers were in charge. A basic mle in our house prevailed, “If you get a paddling in school, you get a paddhng at home.” It was assumed the teacher was right. I distinctly remember my first interaction with my teacher in this regard. How can you forget such a thing? At that time, teachers were too busy to put up with any kind of foohng around in a classroom. Do not get me wrong, my teacher made it fun most of the time. For the ones who, hke me, took it too far, she knew how to stop it dead in its tracks. “Mr. Snyder,” the teacher would say in a very stem tone of voice. “Is that you making all that noise?” I knew what was to follow. “Mr. Snyder, please go to the principal’s office and I will join you shortly.” Oh boy. Those familiar words bring back haunting memories of my visit to the principal’s office. You can be sure; Mrs. Ammon would not come into the principal’s office, spank you and then go back to her class. On some occasions, I would have preferred her to spank me and get it over with. The first tiling she had to do was explain to me why what I did was wrong and dismptive to the class. Then, she had to explain to me how this paddling I was about to get was going to hurt her more than it did me. For the hfe of me, I could never figure out where it hurt her more than it did me. I knew exactly where it hurt me and for the rest of the day it would be quite difficult for me to sit down in my chair. Not only did my posterior glow in pain, but the snickers of my fellow students were even worse. At the time of the apphcation of the hickory stick, I really did not like Mrs. Ammon. Looking back, I have a different perspective. I now know that she really had an interest in me as a person. She was trying to discipline me in ways in which I needed discipline from someone like her. Years later, I went back and visited my old teacher, Mrs. Ammon. I took to her some books I had written and published. She said she remembered me, I really do not know if she did or not. I had to do one tiling and that was to thank her. “I want to thank you, Mrs. Ammon, for teaching me to read Out to Pastor Rev. James L. Snyder jamessnyder2@att.net or whatafellowship.com and to write.” Then I handed her my books. She seemed to be so very happy, but not as happy as I was. This teacher made a difference in my hfe that I did not reahze until I was older. One tiling Mrs. Ammon taught me was that I should not get away with anything. There is a moment of accountability everybody must face. Mrs. Ammon was making sure that I was facing up to the reahties of hfe before I did too much damage to my hfe. It is sad that the politics have taken over our education system today. It is sad that we do not have any Mrs. Ammons with their hickory sticks. When I think of Mrs. Ammon I think ofwhat Solomon writes, “He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes” (Proverbs 13:24 KJV). It is my opinion that we need more Mrs. Ammons in our school classrooms and less, a lot less, pohtics. Church Happenin gs Prayer Line, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Christ Abundant Life Ministries, S. Dugger Ave., Roberta. Call 478- 836-3912. Word of God Tabernacle invites you to join them for the following weekly services: Sunday Prayer at 9:00 a.m., Sunday School at 10:00 a.m., Sunday Service at 11:00 a.m.; Monday Prayer at 9:00 a.m.; Wednesday Prayer at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study at 7:00 p.m.; Friday Prayer at 9:00 a.m. Everyone is invited. Pastor Frank Martin, Sr. Springhill Baptist Church is providing free Tutoring Service every Monday at 5:30-6:30p.m. 71, Springhill Church Rd., Roberta. Marriage Restored weekend is scheduled for April 12-14, 2013 in Macon, GA. Marriage Restored is a weekend program for couples who have experienced marriage- threatening circumstances and it is a weekend of hope for couples in crisis. All faiths are welcome. For more info visit the website at www. marriagerestored. com Victory Baptist Church is holding a BBQ plate sale to raise money for their youth group to go to summer camp. Plates are $8 and will be delivered to you on Friday, April 12 between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Includes BBQ, bread, chips, stew, slaw, and dessert. Give them a call at 478- 825-7495 or email vbcfv@ bellsouth.net Open Bible Tabernacle Baptist Church: Gospel Concert. The Cleghoms from Kathleen, GA will be singing at 6:00 p.m. April 28th. Love offering accepted. For more info call 478-935-8163. St. James Church will be celebrating their annual women’s day the second Sunday of April (4-14-13). Speaker will be Eavngelist Azlen Hicks. Roberta United Methodist Church will have a ’’yard sale” in the fellowship hall of the church on May 4, 2013 from 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Proceeds will go toward repairs needed to the church building. On April 28, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. they will have ”homecoming service” with dinner afterward. Come with your favorite dishes and join in good food and fellowship. Thomaston Rd Baptist Church: Benefit concert featuring Tammie Klima, April 27,2013 at 6:00 p.m.. A love offering will be taken to benefit the church which is in need of repair. Living Hope Baptist Church: Rev. Kenny Peters will be preaching at their Revival Services Sunday, April 21- Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Sunday 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. and Mon-Wed. at 6 p.m. Deadline for Church Happenings: Friday 5 p.m. I Am That I Am ’’And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, the God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? What shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM that I Am and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.” Exodus 3: 13, 14. This is one of the most powerful scriptures in the bible. If we would get the depth of what this scripture is teaching us, we will always know who God is. It encourages us to know that God will be whatever we need Him to be and He will do whatever needs to be done. If we believe this scripture, we can and will overcome any obstacle that may come our way. A father, mother, sister or brother, He will be just that in our lives. God wants to heal, deliver, set us free and give us peace. I beheve He wants the opportunity to exercise His great power; “Almighty God.” He wants to do great miracles in our lives. It is very easy to get caught up in our problems, if we Weekly Devotion By Angie Carr Columnist don’t cast it all on Him. I Pet. 5:7 tells us to “cast our cares on Him for He cares for us.” So let us ask ourselves; How big is our problems? The answer is; big problems put us in a position to watch God give big answers. It’s not how big our problems are, but how big our God is. Revelation 1:8 states, ”1 am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Jesus is the Eternal Lord and Ruler of the past, present and future.” Whatever He starts, He is able to finish. He is the “first and the last”? Let us honor the One who is the beginning and the end of all wisdom and power. Be blessed! ®bifuaras Henry Allen ’’Dick” Bass Lizella, GA- Henry Allen ’’Dick Bass died Thursday March 28, 2013. A celebration of his hfe was held Monday, April 1,2013 at Macon Memorial Park Cemetery. Rev. Louis Kitchens officiated. Dick, the son of the late Henry Oscar Bass and Shirley March- man Bass was bom July 28,1955, in Macon. His daughter, Car men Paige Bass preceded him in death. Dick was a graduate of Jones County High School. He retired after 31 years of service from Atlanta Gas Light Company and was a Mason. Dick was in volved in dirt track racing from a very early age learning from his father, Henry Bass. He continued the family tradition by owning the famous ”B1” race car and ”DTR” motorsports. His favorite nephew, Tad Hunnicutt now races the ”B1” race car carrying on this tradition. Dick taught Tad about racing sportsmanship and family values. Survivors include his wife of twenty-eight years, Pat Bass of Li zella; daughter, Haley Bass Bates (Frankie) of Gray; son, Brent Bass of Gray; stepdaughter, Jean Parrish of Pavo, GA; grandchil dren, Jaden Bates, Drake Bates and Dawson Bass all of Gray and Hannah Parrish of Pavo, GA; sisters Deborah Bass Tucker of Macon and Princess Bass Hunni cutt of Lizella; half-sisters, Linda Vauglm, Gloria Croxford, Gennie Akin (deceased) all of Carrollton; niece, Danyelle Bryan of Macon; nephew, Tad Hunnicutt of Lizella; uncle, Donnie Marchman (Sylvia) of Gray; aunt, Starr Hudson of Dublin; several nieces and neph ews and his baby ’’Sweet Pea”. Flowers will be accepted or the family suggests donations to Spe cial Olympics Georgia ”fti Mem ory of Carmen Paige Bass”, 4000 DeKalb Technology Parkway, Suite 400, Building 300, Atlanta, GA 30340, Pine Pointe Hospice, 6261 Peake Road, Macon, GA 31210, or to Evercare Hospice, 4875 Riverside Drive, Suite 104, Macon, GA 31210. Please visit www.monroecoun- tymemorialchapel.com to express tributes. Edwin Lamar Tomberlin, Jr. Roberta, GA- Edwin I amar Tomberlin, Jr. 68, of Pope Road, died Friday, April 05, 2013, in a local hospital. A Memorial and Celebration of Life service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, April 13, 2013, at Trinity United Meth odist Church, 129 South Houston Road, Warner Robins, Georgia 31088, with Rev. Bill Bagwell of ficiating and Rev. Nita Cmmp of Roberta UMC assisting. Join the family at the Uniwattee Comer Lodge, 3390 Avera Road, Rober ta, Georgia 31078, after the ser vice, for a gathering and sharing. Ashes and wildflower seeds will be scattered on Ed’s Field. Mr. Tomberlin was bom in Baxley on April 03, 1945, and was the son of the late Edwin La mar Tomberlin, Sr., and Clarice Carter Tomberhn. He earned his Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1968 and his Masters in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1970. In 1971, Mr. Tomberhn founded Avgroup, Inc., a premier global aviation support group. He also served his community as an Assistant Scout Master, a 4-H Coach, along with Project Safety and Wildhfe Habitat Evaluation Program in the 4-H program, and he served as chairman of the Board of Equahzation for the Crawford County Tax Commission. Mr. Tomberlin was also a member of Roberta United Methodist Church and was a very active church lead er throughout his hfe. Mr. Tomberhn is survived by his wife: Eve Tomberlin; daughter and son-in-law: Paige Tomberhn Jobe and Ken Jobe; son: Russell Tomberlin; and by his grandsons: Jonathan Jobe and Thomas Jobe. In heu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contribu tions be made to Crawford County 4-H, 100 Wright Avenue, Roberta, Georgia 31078, Wounded Warrior Project, Post Office Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675, https:// support, woundedwarriorproj ect. org, or to the Methodist Home for Children and Youth, Post Of fice Box 2525, Macon, Georgia 31203-2525. McLeighton Funeral Service view obituaries at www.mcleightonfuneralservice.coin 375 S. Dugger Avenue Roberta, Georgia 478-836-3336 David & Donna McLeighton - owners ’Our Family Serving Your Family Granite • Marble • Bronze • Coping • Monument Cleaning • Sandblasting ”Serving all Middle Georgia cemeteries 33 Kade E. Rooks P. O. Box 1711, Fort Valley, GA 31030 *478-825-2424 or 478-951-1571 *Fax: 478-825-3794
