September 9

What a great friend Eliphaz is huh? What a bone head! Which makes me think, have I been a bone head like that? Have I kicked people when they are down and blamed it all on them? Have I added fuel to the fire of the inner torment of people – hum… In the name of truth some would say the same thing, but of course Eliphaz was wrong! He overstated and oversimplified the case. Do I oversimplify? There really was some soul searched egged on by this passage for me. I know I am an encourager, that is my gift! Is there times though, when I rush to judgment and instead of encouraging someone through some tough times, I blame them for being in them. Even if they are to blame, what is the good of the blame except that God wants to reveal it to them. I better be awful careful to make sure it is God’s Spirit and not my soul that exposes them. For me, I’ll encourage them through – that is my ministry.