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Roy Clark and his father sat in the family car in the funeral home parking lot for several minutes. As a teenager, he wasn't sure how to respond when his dad put his head in his hands and moaned, " I don't know what to say!"
A friend from their church had been in a car accident. She had survived, but her three daughters had all died when a truck hit their vehicle. What could they say their friend at a time like this?
I the Bible we are told that during Job's time of grieving, his three friends cam to mourn with him and to comfort him. For the first 7 days they sat and wept with him because he was in deep sorrow (Job 2:11-13). "No one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great" (v.13). Their presence alone was a comfort to him.
But then the began to lecture. They told Job he must have sinned and that God was punishing him (4:7-9).
When Job was finally albe to respond, he told his friends what he needed from them. He asked for reasons to continue hoping (6:11), for kindness (v.14), and for the words that did not presume guil (vv.29-30).
Remember the story of Job and his friends may help us when we don't know what to say----
Anne Cetas--: To whom I express this we all feel loss at some point, but remember the promise that if we beleive those whom have perished, they are never gone as we believe and think of those whom have passed on. MWR
