Job 2:11-13

New International Version (NIV)

¹¹ When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him. ¹² When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud,and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads. ¹³ Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.

Today at church we had a guest speaker named Lynn Wheeler. We have been going through a series called "Extreme". Today the sermon was about Extreme Relationships. Lynn Wheeler shared his personal testimony on divorce. Some of you may say, "How can a man of God get up on the pulpit and share his testimony about divorce?" Well Mr. Wheeler did and did an excellent job. Yes, God hates divorce and Mr. Wheeler was not trying to glamorize divorce at all. He shared his personal experience on how devastating divorce can be and how it severs the family. I personally have never been through a divorce myself, but the message Lynn Wheeler spoke today was able to minister to me. What spoke to me today during the service was when he told us many of his friends deserted him through his time of need, but his true friends spoke words of encouragement to him. We really don't know who our real friends are until we are at our lowest point in life. Then we will see who is there for us. I think as a society we throw around the word "friend" too loosely. What is your definition of a friend? Are all of the people that you surround yourself with truly your friends? Lynn Wheeler shared Job 2:11-13 with us today.These verses from Job gives a very good example of what true friends are. Those are the kind of friends that I want and the kind that God wants for me and you.