Changi Chapel

Job’s friends stood apart, offering theological wisdom and conviction.  Job didn’t need to be convicted.  He needed to be comforted.  Perhaps what he needed most was the gospel of silence; that hand holding identification that lets me weep with the afflicted, wrestle with their sorrow and confusion, and bear their burdens

I wonder if our preoccupation with the “truth” (being correct) has diverted us from the real truth of compassionate silence.  I wonder if we are far more comfortable with soul winning than we are with crying.  I wonder if our lack of tears is really a sign of lack of the Spirit. 

It’s apparent that Jesus did not need a crusade to attract those who needed Him.  All He did was care for them – and they came by the hundreds.  I wonder if our greatest enemy to evangelism isn’t efficiency as a replacement for empathy

Skip Moen
Bible Teacher/Author

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