"God is trying to teach you something. You should feel privileged, not bitter, about your opportunity to lean on him in faith"
"Meditate on the blessings you still enjoy- at least you are alive. Are you a fair-weather believer?"
"You are undergoing a training regimen, a chance to exercise new muscles of faith. Don't worry-God will not test you beyond your endurance."
"Don't complain so loudly! You will forfeit this opportunity to demonstrate your faithfulness to non-believers."
"Someone is always worse off than you. Give thanks despite your circumstances"
Job's friends offered a version of each of these words of wisdom, and each contains an element of truth. But the Book of Job plainly shows that such "helpful advice" does nothing to answer the questions of the person in pain. It was the wrong medicine, dispensed at the wrong time.
* From Disappointment With God by Yancey pg. 210.
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