Basically, Job was a man of God who suffered a great deal. The book contains mainly his discourse with 3 of his friends - all of whom basically concluded that Job was suffering because of his sins. They basically made things worse for Job.
One of the thought of the day was that sometimes in times of suffering, the best help we can offer is just to be there - and not say anything.
I remembered a time when one of my fren's father passed away. We went to see him and we basically sat in silence with him. He however was expecting more from us - and he basically laughed at us for coming to see him to comfort him but not saying anything at all.
But what could we say? "We know how you feel". We didn't. "It's alright, he's in a better place now". Does he really want to hear that now? Maybe he had hoped that we came to say something that would somehow take away the pain of the loss. But we couldn't. Is there anything that can be said?
I remembered years after that when i finally went thru a similar bereavement, i was thankful to all my frens - not so much for anything they said but just them being there.
If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.
Job13:5
Job13:5
*One of his classics, this was also featured in the soundtrack of the movie, Notting Hill.
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