It is so much easier to tell others how to handle their problems than to just simply stand with them in their pain. - Anon
Job’s ‘friends’ offered little comfort in their convicting him of sin. OUCH!
Though we won’t readily admit it we all at times tend to play ‘The Great Guru’ with answers to everyone’s problems or situations. We dispense advice, give counsel, play mentor, or spiritual advisor like the ‘professionals’ when given the opportunity. It’s a coping mechanism we use to keep our ‘space.’ But nothing can take the place of a friend who will just sit and listen, wait and walk, or just lend a shoulder to lean on. No suggestions of easy fixes, just a promise to help see you through, and intercessory prayer to back it up. Psychologists have their place, as well as talk shows and self-help books, but God has asked us to help bear one another’s burdens. Today someone may need us, if we just take time to listen as opposed to counsel.
Until tomorrow……
Pastor Botts
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” – Galatians 6:3
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