When a Friend is Grieving
It’s so interesting to read the book of Job and watch the interaction among Job and his friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. When they heard of Job’s great trials and suffering (the Bible says “evil”), they went quickly to him to show him sympathy and comfort him. When they saw him, they grieved greatly and sat with him for seven days and seven nights–none of them saying a word “for they saw that his suffering was very great.” That’s exactly what we should do when a friend o