An Odd Blog Title for a Counselor!
Yes. I’m a counselor writing about the impact of bad counseling.
Where is this coming from? It is not coming from my own experience of being counseled. I’ve been blessed in that regard—The Counselor Sees a Counselor.
Today’s blog post is coming from my month-long study of the book of Job. It’s coming from God’s evaluation of Job’s counselors.
“After the Lord had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, ‘I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has’” (Job 42:7).
I’ve also derived today’s blog post from Job’s evaluation of his counselors.
“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).
Job’s miserable counselors were wrong about God and they were wrong about Job.
Job’s Miserable Counselors
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