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Showing Up (Job 1-2)

If you are still following along in our Bible reading schedule, you know we are into Job.  So much can be said of Job, and we will get to that; but today, I want to touch on Job's friends. This past fall I read a book with a group of friends, Just Show Up by Kara Tippetts. The book was an easy read, but challenging at the same time as I was quickly emotionally pulled in.  The women who partnered together to write this book authored it at a very difficult time in their lives.  Their transparency gives us a raw look at walking through suffering with those who are hurting.  I found it to be a great tool in how to love others in their darkest moments. So let's talk about Job's friends... The first thing I noticed about these men was that they each came from his own place.  I am not a geographical scholar.  I have no idea about the distance these men lived from Job, but I do know that they showed up.  I live in a metropolitan area.  Most...