Friendships

by **csd9013** Thu 01 Jun 2017, 7:50 am

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Friendships

by csd9013 Thu 01 Jun 2017, 7:50 am

Job 2:11-13New International Version (NIV)
11 When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him. 12 When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads.13 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.

Friendship is an amazing gift. Here we see 3 friends approaching their friend that life has come at hard. Job has pretty much had an unimaginable amount of pain and loss. His three friends have travelled to comfort him and be with him in his hardship. They didn’t just say they would be there, but they actually were there. And when they saw the depths of distress Job was in they cried out, they wept, they ripped their clothes and were in distress with him. Then they sat with him for seven days and nights and no one spoke. I'll be honest, some of the most meaningful moments I have had with my closest friends have been silent. In our times of losing our children, I can recall how some just sat with us. I'll never forget them or those moments. They are dear to me. May we all be friends that go to people in their distress, and may our loudest words be spoken silently as we sit with one another. May we love like this, and when time to take a step forward, may we take it together.