In the Christmas classic, “A Christmas Story,” the main character and narrator, Ralphie, has his dad talk him through the changing of a flat tire. A skill every young man ought to have. During the tire change, Ralphie ends up saying, what is dubbed, “The mother of all swear words.” This word is verbalized, for the listener’s ears, as fudge. I am sure you get the idea of the word.

Job is a book of both despair and delight. Job has fallen on difficult times. Some of his friends gather around to offer insights into his current reality of having lost all he had. Frankly, much of their advice is couched with a judgmental spirit along with a sense of superiority. In all of this, his “advice-givers” drop a genuine nugget of insight every now and then.