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Job chapter 16 verse 2,

I have heard many such things miserable

comforters are you all. What a statement

from Job to his friends, his counselors. He says,

I'm hearing so many things from you and you are

miserable comforters and in so many ways they were,

they were missing the old point. They were not comforting

him because they were speaking to him, yes, as we've seen so many things that were

true at different points but they were

missing the ultimate truth of what was

happening here and they were twisting things in ways that

did not reflect the good design and character of God.

So Job looks at them and says,

miserable comforters are you all? When I read that I think

I don't want to be a miserable comforter. I want to

I want to speak good counsel to others especially when they walk through

difficult days. I want to ultimately just want to first and foremost just

be there to love, care for them, not try to explain everything as if I can,

and yes to gently point them to truth in God but not to assume I know

every single thing that God is doing in a certain situation. So

can we just based on Job 16 verse 2, pray that God would keep us from being

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