Let Me Not Be a Friend of Job

I feel fortunate that I currently am working for a guy who has no problem with me listening to audio on my phone as I do the tasks that he has set me to. It has aloud me to listen to the bible for hours on end. Today I listened to all of Job. This is not the first time I have been through Job but I did want to make something new of it. So I was on the look out for something different than the last time. 

The part that stuck out right away was jobs friends. Many of Jobs words were deep questions toward YHVH. Some of his wordings were rather aggressive. I understand why he felt what he did as I have lost many of the same things that he did.  But I also listen to how YHVH handled him at the end. And I wondered how much of those bitter words were prompted by so called friends. 

I realized that I did not want to be a friend like that. I asked in prayer that I would never be a "friend of Job" to someone I knew. Many times I have been treated in similar fashion by those who thought they knew more than I. They came at me with platitudes a plenty. 

I pray now that I would sit beside my friend who lost all of his children. I pray I would tear my clothes and throw ashes and weep bitterly for the suffering that has been endured. I desire to sit with my friend speaking little but do all that can be done to cary the burden just a little. If my friends asked me what my thoughts might be. I would say simply that my friend need a true friend. And would say nothing more for fear of being a big mouthed fool. 

Sometimes when we meet with those in suffering action is needed if it can be relieved by us. But if it is a pain that can't be relieved then it should be endured with. Shutting our puke hole lest we vomit our self righteousness all over our friends who suffer. I lost a friend over this very thing. He did not understand my words were sorrow and little else. I lost my children and a friend as well. I miss you Cody.