Another Well Ministries
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. — Job 16:2
She shouted as he left the room, “why did you even come here if that’s all you were going to say?” It was an interesting movie, but the specific scene that I recall was one where a “friend” came to comfort someone that was in the middle of a situation, but they provided no comfort at all. In fact, the words that were said only made the situation worse.
If we are honest, we can all probably relate to this. We have no doubt found ourselves in the middle of situations in life where we needed comfort. We look to those around us, like our friends and family, but the things that they said only made things worse. You could probably have said the statement similar to Job that those people were miserable comforters!
Throughout the book of Job, we read the interaction with his friends. They claimed that they came to comfort him in the middle of his despair. Instead, they made interesting accusations. He was told he didn’t fear God. He was told he deserved far worse than what he had gotten. Job was told he needed to repent and how wicked he really was. Talk about words of comfort!
