We all should probably strive to become better listeners.  It’s a skill developed over time with personal discipline. Sometimes it would be better for us to just listen and not speak.  The best thing that Job’s three friends did when they came to him in the midst of his terrible grief was to just sit quietly with him.  It was when they started talking to him that things went bad.  So, prayerfully consider letting God use just your presence. It could speak volumes.

Job 2:11-13

11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him. 12 When they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them tore his robe and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky. 13 Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

“Those who listen have a way of uncovering the needs of others. We can’t solve everyone’s problems, but sometimes listening is enough. ” ~ David Jeremiah

The Lord bless you and keep you…

Pastor Dave