Today it’s echoes of Job. Tobit, released from prison, comes back home to resume his good deeds. He refuses to enjoy the good food with his family until he’s shared it with the poor, and on finding that one of his countrymen has been killed, he takes it upon himself to bury the man, even though doing this was what got him into prison in the first place.
This misfortune strikes in the most unlikely way- he is blinded by birds poohing in his eyes!
Yes I know. But that’s what it says. At first his nephew provides for him, then his wife takes up work as a weaver. Blind Tobit finds his trust in her weakening, and accuses her of stealing a goat which was in fact a gift. His iron determination to do right is overwhelming his love and trust of his family. How hard it is to stay righteous in the face of adversity!
This misfortune strikes in the most unlikely way- he is blinded by birds poohing in his eyes!
Yes I know. But that’s what it says. At first his nephew provides for him, then his wife takes up work as a weaver. Blind Tobit finds his trust in her weakening, and accuses her of stealing a goat which was in fact a gift. His iron determination to do right is overwhelming his love and trust of his family. How hard it is to stay righteous in the face of adversity!
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