S(Job 19:2,3) “How long will you torment me and break me in pieces with words? These ten times you have cast reproach upon me; and you are not ashamed to wrong me?
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God concurred that Job’s assessment of his friends was accurate (42:7,8). The surprise is how Job counted his previous talks. His friends had replied five times to Job, but each reply apparently counted double: each answer failed to demonstrate truly hearing upon which they added false accusations. The oxymoron “miserable comforters” fit (16:2). Because they listened only twist his words into false accusations, they became Satan’s voice to justify suffering, separation and shame.
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I have two ears and a brain in between them—I should listen with my whole brain engaged so I better understand people. Similarly, I have only one mouth, and it’s further removed from my brain than my ears, so I should be slow to speak until I’ve really heard and understood the other person’s heart and thoughts.
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Jesus, You know me and You’ve witnessed my stupidity—yet You still love me. You listen to me. You rush Your grace and kindness to me anyway. How different we are from You. How greatly I long to learn to be more like You. I think I’m starting to really hear You.
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