Job and the Problem of Suffering (Continued) - Job 32:1-22, 33:1-33, 34:1-37, 35:1-16, 36:1-33, 37:1-24
Compassion, it's the lifeblood of pleasing God and no one does it better than He does.
"But not one of you has proved Job wrong;none of you has answered his arguments."Elihu to Job and the rest of his friends, Job 32:12
Young Elihu has waited but his words reveal in my reading that his idea of wisdom is actually "correctness." He is more worried about being correct than being compassionate. He wants someone to put Job in his place rather than providing Job a place of comfort. Are any of us guilty of trying to assign blame or meaning in the midst of a tragedy rather than to afford kindness and comfort and grace?
Lord knows.
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