January 31, 2004
Daily Bible - What kind of a friend are you?
Day Seven is found in Job 32:1 to Job 34:37.
Another friend begins speaking. This one is younger than the rest, and was angry. Job had justified himself rather than God and these three friends had failed to refute Job for this. He throws his anger at Job and says that Job is not only sinful, but rebellious against God. Once again I will ask. What kind of a friend are you when times are hard for another? Do you have any family that is sick? Perhaps in a nursing home? In Hospice? Maybe a loved one is looking at the final months of life and you are not excited to visit for fear that you may have to witness their passing. What kind of a friend are you?
by Doug McHone at 12:00 AM
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Elihu is the good guy in this story. Job was making himself right in his own eyes, and the three comforters were, as Job put it, miserable. Elihu went quite out of his way to be non-confrontational, and it's a very nice model of how to talk to someone who is embittered.
Posted by: Douglas at January 31, 2004 01:45 PM