Job’s Miserable Comforters
After thirteen chapters of confrontation over his suffering, Job had had enough!
“Then Job replied:
‘I have heard many things like these; you are miserable comforters, all of you!
Will your long-winded speeches never end? What ails you that you keep on arguing?
I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could make fine speeches against you and shake my head at you.
But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief’” (Job 16:1-5).
If Heman Were to Visit a Miserable Counselor…
Reflecting on Job’s experience, I started wondering what it might sound like and be like if Heman—the human author of Psalm 88—visited a miserable counselor. In his psalm, often called “The Psalm of the Dark Night of the Soul,” Heman lays bare to God his suffering, pain, abuse, and trauma. Heman faces his suffering face-to-face with his Father.
Sharing Our Soul with a Soulless Counselor
Imagine with me if Heman in Psalm 88 were to share his soul with a soulless counselor…
Miserable Counselor (MC): “I’ve read your Personal Information Form. We have a lot of Scripture to look at, that’s for sure! But before we
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