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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 whole 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 speak good counsel to others, especially when they walk through difficult days.

I want to ultimately just, I want to first and foremost just be there to love, care for them.

I try to explain everything as if I can.

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 miserable comforters? God would make us good comforters for people in grief. God,

may it be so we pray. We want to be good friends, comforters, counselors, to those who are walking through grief

and anguish and hardship and hurt and pain.

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