Weep With Those Who Weep
Rejoice With Those Who Rejoice (Job 2:7-13, Romans 12:1-21, Luke 15:7 and 10) Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion. (Romans 12:14-16) As we read in Job his friends did pretty well for a while, actually for 7 full days, in their goal of being a comfort to him. They showed up, and sat quietly with him Then I think they got tired and they started talking. (Job 2:13). You kniw, I've been there, and silence after a while become deafning. Silence tends to make us uncomfortable, so we try to fill it with comforting words. Often afterwatds, you wish you would have just kept your mouth shut. But in times like this, where there is great anguish, great suffering (like Job’s), our words do not sink in, they fail to do, what they are inttended to do, and the pary we are ...