Tag: God helps those who help themselves
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Tobit- I Am the Captain of My Soul
Tobit 7:1-16 Tobias and Raphael arrive at Raguel’s house. Raguel and his wife grieve over Tobit’s blindness. Raguel gives his daughter in marriage to Tobias after Tobias requests her hand and after warning Tobias about her curse. There are comic fluctuations between joy and grief. We continue to see the idea that people are responsible…
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Tobit- Religious Self-Betterment vs. The Gospel
Tobit 3:1-6 Unlike Job, who rebuked his wife for accusing God of being unjust, Tobit wept because of his wife’s words and because she seemed to be correct about God’s injustice. The story identifies Tobit as walking in the ways of truth and righteousness all the days of his life (1:3). Yet, he was now…