William Stuntz, a professor at Harvard Law School, is dying of cancer. In an interview with Timothy Dalrymple in patheos, he stated the following:
Q: Do you have any favorite quotations or favorite scriptures, when it comes to death?
"Yes, a passage in the fourteenth chapter of Job. The passage as a whole is not hopeful. Job is uncertain what will happen to him when he dies. In the end, he says that he will return to dust and there will be nothing after death.
"In the midst of the passage, however, before he turns to despair, he has a moment of hope. It's a brief moment, just a couple of verses in the midst of an extended passage. Yet he says, 'You will call and I will answer. You will long for the creature your hands have made' (Job 14:15).
"I find those lines very powerful. The concept that God longs for the likes of me is so unspeakably sweet. I almost cannot bear to say them aloud. They are achingly sweet for me to hear.
"There are many passages I love, but that one in particular has grabbed hold of me. Job's hope, it turns out, is more realistic than his despair."
Read the entire interview here. I don't agree with every word Prof. Stuntz says, but I did find it thought-provoking because it makes me, as a Christian, think about what do I believe about death and God's purpose for each of our lives.
Q: Do you have any favorite quotations or favorite scriptures, when it comes to death?
"Yes, a passage in the fourteenth chapter of Job. The passage as a whole is not hopeful. Job is uncertain what will happen to him when he dies. In the end, he says that he will return to dust and there will be nothing after death.
"In the midst of the passage, however, before he turns to despair, he has a moment of hope. It's a brief moment, just a couple of verses in the midst of an extended passage. Yet he says, 'You will call and I will answer. You will long for the creature your hands have made' (Job 14:15).
"I find those lines very powerful. The concept that God longs for the likes of me is so unspeakably sweet. I almost cannot bear to say them aloud. They are achingly sweet for me to hear.
"There are many passages I love, but that one in particular has grabbed hold of me. Job's hope, it turns out, is more realistic than his despair."
Read the entire interview here. I don't agree with every word Prof. Stuntz says, but I did find it thought-provoking because it makes me, as a Christian, think about what do I believe about death and God's purpose for each of our lives.
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Wow!!! Is Session getting to you, or what!?!
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