Fear: Eliphaz

^{Job 6: 21} Now you too have proved to be of no help; 
       you see something dreadful and are afraid.

Have you ever watched or experienced a good friend going through something dreadful? Do you ask the why's? Do you respond like Eliphaz in Job 15?

I can relate to Eliphaz. I can hear his distress. I can imagine what it feels like to see a loved one suffer. I know that I cling more tightly to my convictions. I don't think Eliphaz is trying to be jerk, I just think he is scared. Afraid and without any good answers to comfort his friend. 

Sometimes, there aren't answers. Sometimes, there are not good reasons. Sometimes the good get sick and the young die too soon. Sometimes it is better to comfort our friends without words. Sometimes the things we want to say don't come out the way we plan and we do more harm than good.

Job 16 1-3

¹ Then Job replied:

 ² "I have heard many things like these; 
       miserable comforters are you all!

 ³ Will your long-winded speeches never end? 
       What ails you that you keep on arguing?