24: Names that roll off the tongue

The end of Chapter 2 introduces Job's three church friends. We have Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar - three names that roll off the tongue like barbed wire. When they saw their friend suffering, they sat next to him and suffered with him.

Job's three friends illustrate an imporant part of Christianity. Believers need to have a support system of friends who can provide comfort. They dirtied themselves and sat silently with Job for seven days. That's empathy in it's truest form. Often times I think that Christianity is this solitary journey. You know, it's like an odyssey because at the end of the day it's our soul and our relationship with God that counts. But over time, I'm slowly allowing others to help me and listen to what I'm going through. It's hard because it puts you in a compromising position. But I guess the thing to understand is that we all fall short of God's glory. A sad, yet comforting thing to know.

We'll later meet Job's friends, but it's good to see that their intentions were good, although their theology may have been bad. Christians mostly have good intentions as well, but we sometimes don't have our theology straight or we don't have enough tactfulness. Understanding is important when dealing with other people because without it, we become zeolots.

Fish: I bought a new fish today. It was on sale at Petco for $1. I'm also thinking about buying a couple of betta fish to keep in two of the extra tanks I have.