""I'm ridiculed by my friends:
'So that's the man who had conversations with God!'
Ridiculed without mercy:
'Look at the man who never did wrong!'" Job 12:4
In these chapters of Job it's often easy to agree with Zophar and others who came to Job and offered their wisdom. They spoke truth. It made sense. Sam Kekovich would tell us that we know it makes sense! But there is something not quite right here.
Job responded by saying that he was ridiculed by his friends; ridiculed without mercy. We could question whether these people were actually his friends in the first place. But the phrase 'without mercy' jumps out at me. How often do we make judgement on people when we haven't walked a mile or two in their moccasins? Do we then ridicule them without mercy by telling them what they don't need to hear from us instead of trying to understand their pain in some way?
Lord help me not to be too legalistic in my judgement of people; to have more patience and compassion, and most of all, not to ridicule people without mercy.
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