Whew....Job is bumming out...I was amused that he said Eliphaz's advice was like eating the tasteless white of an egg.....You go, Job! If I were sitting there covered in boils and I'm getting a lecture, I believe I would lash out verbally or slap my friend with my "boil"y hands. Call me hostile, but would you sit there with a friend who was suffering in his bed or in the hospital and point out that it is a blessing to be disciplined by God when we do wrong.......where's the compassion, Eliphaz??? I'm glad that Job quit talking to Eliphaz and began talking to God....even if Job was bumming, it is good to talk about it with God, even if you are mad.....God can take it.
Then Friend Bildad (sounds like he is a hobbit with that name, doesn't it?) jumps in and starts telling Job that people suffer only as a result of their sins....he says Job's kids died for their wickedness.......way to pump your friend up, Bildad....Where did Job find these friends?
Hope he gets some better friends tomorrow....Job 10-13
Look what comes up from the depths of the sea.
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But I wonder if these friends of his truly believed that people suffered or have something horrible done to them ONLY because of some bad sin......was this something they truly believed? Granted, if I was suffering like Job was, these are not the people I would want around me......don't kick me when I'm down...... and like I asked in earlier post, could Job be God's way to show mankind that he will only give us what we can handle.......Job did get aggravated it seems and can't say that I blame him......anytime any of us have some kind of adversity, we all get annoyed and lash out someway.........
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