Miserable Comforters -Job 16

The Lord has been dealing with me about my abandonment issues. Lately it has stem more deeply from my childhood, ever since my illness, abandonment has magnified to the point that it is so painful to even write these words. The Lord, would not let me sleep, having me read Job chapter 16. Like with Job, during a tragic situation, your family and friends circle around you to comfort you and give condolences. But soon you feel the distance and abandonment, once they see you situation not getting any better or even worst. I had one friend visit me...when she saw that I wasn't the person I once was, she knew so well, she admitted to me later on that when she excused herself to go to her car...she took a moment to cry. That was the way it was with Job's friends, they first were quiet and mourn with him. Then, Job had to later defend himself against their unkind comfort toward him, “Miserable comforters are you all, who, instead of offering any thing to alleviate the affliction, add affliction to it, and make it yet more grievous.”Job 16:1-5.

What Job says here of his friends is true of all of us, when we are under convictions of sin, terrors of conscience, and the arrests of death, it is only the blessed Spirit that can comfort effectually; Some how our comforters, turn the tables and feel how does our tragic situation effect them. They should say and do all they can to strengthen those who need comfort, suggesting to us to be encouraged our confidence in God and to support our sinking spirits. Faith and patience are the strength of the afflicted.