Job

I am currently reading through the Bible in a year, with the Soul Survivor Bible in on year. I am really enjoying it and am finding that I have a better relationship with God through it. Part of yesterday's reading was the first few chapters of Job. He had a really rough time with everything being taken from him. Three of his friends having heard about this went to see him. I love that the first thing they did was sit with him in silence for seven days. They didn't go in and try to change things for him, help make things better. They didn't start off spouting platitudes and there there's and trying to make him feel better. They just sat with him in his pain. How often when we see someone hurting do we try and fix it by doing things or saying nice comforting words? I know that this is quite a normal reaction. Another normal reaction is to ignore the person and the problem, avoid them as much as possible. A very rare reaction is just to go and be with that person. To sit with them in their pain, to be there when needed. The person who is just there for me is definitely the person who has helped me most in this period of illness, not the person who has said nice things or tried to help fix it.