* Jobs friends traveled a long way to simply sit with him.
* They sat with him for a week and never said a word.
* They were good friends.
* Job then voiced his complaint (which he most likely should have kept private between him and God).
* Then his buddies jumped in.
* Job 16:1-6 - Job’s friends make a big mistake.
* Look at Job’s response.
* They should have focused on WHO - simply sit with Job and let him know they are in it with him. (Job 19:21 - look in pity, empathy)
* People unite over love but separate over belief.
* Empathy Grid:
* Don’t focus on WHAT, WHY, or HOW (theology, belief, behavior) - this aims at the head.
* Focus on the WHO (the hurting person and God) - this aims at the heart.
* THEN, at the right time (when the person is emotionally stable) you can talk about the what, why, and how.