TAKE AWAY YOUR GRIEF
Today's reading:  Job 15-16

"I could say the same things you were in my place. I could spout off my criticisms against you and shake my head at you. But that's not what I would do. I would speak in a way that helps you. I would try to take away your grief." Job 16:4-5 NLT

I mail a lot of cards.

I shoot out a lot of texts.

I send a lot of emails.

Too many? Probably. Too few?  Probably, again.

But my attempts are in line with what Job was telling his friends he needed at the lowest point in his life...hope.

Maybe my cards will remind someone of the hope they know in Jesus. No new information, just a reminder. A verse they'd not read lately.

Quite possibly one of my texts will come at just the right time. Maybe it will be seen as a glimmer on a dark day. As helpful as an umbrella in a shower.

Hopefully my emails will take away some grief. Distract from the pain. Re-focus a heart on the goodness of God, instead of on the dire straits of the situation.  

And there is a very good possibility that something I write or say will not be the right thing. It will be taken wrong. It will hurt, not heal. It will add to the grief instead of take away.

May God use us as He can. May He shine in our attempts. May His ways override our own.