Dreams Quote by Ellen F. Davis
““...Job rails against God, not as a skeptic, not as a stranger to God's justice, but precisely as a believer. It is the very depth of Job's commitment to God's ethical vision that makes his rage so fierce, and that will finally compel an answer from God.””
![“The Song [of Solomon] captures the ecstatic aspect of love that is the main subject of the whole Bible.” quote by Ellen F. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fb8/ellen-f-davis-25448_bible_the-song-of-solomon-captures-the-ecstati_68495.jpg)
![“...our role as comforters is not to solve the problem of pain; even less is it to stick up for God. Trying to vindicate God to a person in agonizing pain is like explaining to a crying infant that Mommy is really a well-intentioned person. ... While [Job's friends] remain mired in their…” quote by Ellen F. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6aa/ellen-f-davis-25448_problem-of-pain_our-role-as-comforters-is-not-to-solve-t_332429.jpg)
![“And there we recognize that our frailty is not meant to cause us anxiety and sorrow. Rather, God means it to be a source of confidence, and even, as it was for Etty [the Dutch Jew previously mentioned that died in Auschwitz], a source of joy. For it is exactly that frailty--the strict limits to…” quote by Ellen F. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/435/ellen-f-davis-25448_certainty-of-death_and-there-we-recognize-that-our-frailty_726927.jpg)
![“God accommodates [Moses'] complaints and makes in-course corrections. God does not take a human being so fully into the divine confidence--you might say, God does not depend on a human being so fully--until Mary conceives by the Holy Spirit.” quote by Ellen F. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e78/ellen-f-davis-25448_confidence_god-accommodates-moses-complaints-and-ma_2061425.jpg)
