A time to laugh, a time to weep*
Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was....Job 2
I know Job's friends turned out to be real jerks but those first seven days and seven nights they sat with him in his troubles.
Do you find that we are sometimes uncomfortable with those in pain and even more uncomfortable to sit with them in their crud? Sometimes we want to pray it over so we can hear the victory story..but oh such holy moments when we just sit there with them in their crud...
From "Turn, Turn, Turn" by Pete Seeger
posted by Beverly at
4:20 PM
3 comment(s):
I don't think Job's friends were jerks; just humans who grew tired and frustrated with God more than Job did...
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Cole, at
6:39 AM
jeremiah..thanks for being a gem...
cole..were they frustrated with God..?
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Beverly, at
9:56 AM
I tend to think Job's friends meant well, they just missed the mark. Not an uncommon thing even with people who are our good friends, in my limited experience. The ones who tended to do the best job of being there for us in times of trouble were ones who had already been through the fire themselves, one way or the other. It's not 100% true, but pretty close to 99.9% true in my experience.
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reJoyce, at
1:56 PM
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