MY WORDS
Today's reading: Job 15-16
"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 16:5 NLT
Watch what you say to people.
In their time of need...
In their time of pain...
In their time of grief...
In their time of conviction...
Watch what you say.
Because the most well meaning of us...
The most sincere of us...
The most loving of us...
Will undoubtedly say something wrong, something not quite appropriate, something that comes across more like criticism than comfort, something that pours salt in their wounds.
Even when it's a verse quoted, in context, directly out of the Word.
Let's all choose to follow God's leading in what to say to hurting friends. Let's allow His love to flow through us and into them. Let's not assume we need to say anything at all--and go from there.
