"Job's Complaint" by William Blake
Now Job's friend Bildad enters the scene. Does Bildad's advice strike you as good or troubling?
Even though his friends might be well-intentioned, the truth is - they are wrong. Their advice stinks because Job hasn't done anything wrong.
Reflection questions:
Even though his friends might be well-intentioned, the truth is - they are wrong. Their advice stinks because Job hasn't done anything wrong.
Reflection questions:
-Was there any part of Bildad's advice today that you liked?
-When you sit through "bad advice" conversations, what is your response?
-What would YOU have said to Job?
-When you sit through "bad advice" conversations, what is your response?
-What would YOU have said to Job?
Bildad's tone to me seems almost condesending, like he is talking down to Job and in a tone of disgust with him. I believe that Job is aware it's bad advice, as we saw his challenging response to his first 3 friends in ch. 7....he knows the advice stinks...Been there, done that..had bad advice. It's a lot easier when you know it's bad and can sort that out. What hurts is when you get bad advice and you don't realize it's bad, until afterwards and you have done or said something based on that advice...Job (like all of us) is in need of honest, heart-felt reassurance that he has done no wrong, and that he has a right to question it. It's ok to ask, "what did I do?" God will hear. I think we all get so afraid to question what happens to us. It's ok, it's fair...how else can we find our way to what's true ?
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