Behemoths and Bad Stuff...Tinley's Treehouse continues!

 Tinley and Max investigate two mysterious creatures from the Bible and grapple with why God doesn't answer all of our questions.

Our verse this week is one that I may have read before, but I didn't really know what I was reading about until now!     Behemoth is a big word.   What is it?   Or who is it?

We learned that it is a dinosaur-like creature.

Job 40:15-19 says:  " Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you.   He eats grass like cattle.   look at the strength of his back and the power in the muscles of his belly.   He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree; the tendons of his things are woven firmly togehter.   His bones are brownze tubes; his limbs are like iron rods.  He is the foremost of God's works; only his Maker an draw the sword against him.   

This week our truth is:   WE CAN TRUST GOD EVEN IF HE DOESN'T ANSWER ALL OUR QUESTIONS.  

Tinley and Max explored what kind of animals a Behemoth and Leviathan might have been.   

What do you think?    

Max asked, "Is a hotdog a taco?" 

  It's good to be curious.   We can be curious about God and our faith , too.   Do you have a question about God you want to explore?

Job was faithful to God, but he still experience. bad things and lost everything important to him.   Even when we do the right thing, we might also experience bad things, like losing people or things we care about.

Have you ever lost someone or something important to you?  

Can you think of a time when you didn't understand the bad things that happened to you or someone you know?

Just like we can trust our parents to do what is best for us, we can trust that God will do what is best even if we don't understand why.

According to verse 19, who is the only one straonger than the Behemoth?   Are you glad GOD is stronger than the biggest animals?

Like Job and Max, we can trust God even when we don't understand our circumstances because God is bigger and stronger and He loves us!  This is good news we can share with our friends when they are going through a hard time.