Job, Chapter 32,
Verse 6
So Elihu, son of
Barachel the Buzite, answered and said: I am young and you are very old;
therefore I held back and was afraid
to declare to you my knowledge.
A person’s age does not
bring wisdom-but wisdom does come to those who are open to the workings of the
spirit of God.
Elihu. Eliwho?[1]
·
Elihu
comes out of nowhere.
·
He's
only mentioned in these passages, but his speech adds a new layer to Job's
friends' words, so pay attention.
·
He
starts by stating that he is younger than the other three, and that he is only
speaking out of concern for Job. Fair enough.
·
Elihu
then tells Job that he (Job) isn't necessarily a sinner, but that his
misfortunes are just part of a cycle of divine power that cannot be questioned
or understood. It just is.
·
This
guy is clearly very chill. He basically tells Job that he's not necessarily a
sinner just because he is being punished, but his reaction to that punishment
is an expression of foolishness.
·
So,
yeah…he's calling Job a fool.
Vincent Price-RIP
Oct 25, 1993[2]
Growing up in the 50’s
and 60’s Vincent was a staple of the Holloween season. Trained on the London stage, Price started out as an actor for
mainstream films in the 1940s, and worked for prestigious directors like Joseph
L. Mankiewicz, Otto Preminger and Cecil B. DeMille. But he never really made
his mark in the film business until he segued into the horror genre. Despite
being immensely talented, at 6’4”, Vinnie was just too tall to make it as a
Hollywood leading man, where the ideal male height was around 6’, give or take
an inch or two on either side. (Price’s great friend and fellow horror icon,
Sir Christopher Lee, faced the same problem: at 6’5” he was even taller than
Vinnie.) In addition to the height issue, as the 50s marched on, Vinnie’s
classic, stage-trained acting style would eventually be considered
“old-fashioned,” and pushed aside in favor of the more “naturalistic” acting
styles of younger actors such as Marlon Brando, James Dean, and Paul Newman.
In classic horror, however, a stage-trained acting style and perfect
diction—which Price had in spades—were considered assets, because so many plots
featured evil aristocrats, sinister industrialists, or cultivated mad
scientists. He made so many horror films that by the time he passed on in 1993
at the age of 82, Price had become world-famous, beloved by millions.
Daily Devotions
[2]https://horrornews.net/136668/essential-vincent-price-10-best-films/
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