Job 42:1-6, 10-17 • Job acknowledges God’s power; Job’s fortunes are restored.
Mark 10:46–52 • The healing of Bartimaeus.
Someone must be to blame. We have to be able to point to the person or persons responsible for the mess we are in. Job’s friends all suggested blaming God. We love to point to the government of the day. As children we learn quickly to say that it is our siblings’ fault. When there is inequity in the world we point away from ourselves to others. And on Peace Sunday we look to the world leaders who threaten war and we say they are to blame. How do we find our way into a new way of being that offers life, healing and, indeed, peace?