Often just being there conveys more than spoken words

Greetings to all


Weeping May Last for a Night

Psalm 30


"For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning."
(PSALM 30:5)

Identifying the root causes of my depression was a challenging job. Exhaustion was quickly pinpointed as both a symptom and a cause. There are people who's life are hectic. They take time off from work to allow their bodies to recover from some of the fatigue.

The healing of the mind, however, is more complicated. In the early days, church was an uncomfortable place to be. People would deliberately arrive late and leave early. But dear friends allowed them to weep through songs and sermons, asked with genuine concern how I was, and had the wisdom to say very little while communicating much through a smile or a touch.

Job's friends wept with him for days, a gesture that offered more comfort than their long speeches trying to make sense out of Job's desperate condition. Soon enough Job discovered that the words of God Himself were the only ones to stand by. We have those words, too, spoken by and lived out in the person of Jesus Christ. Hold onto them through the dark night of your suffering until rejoicing comes in the morning.

Good friends don't always need to know the right things to say. Often just being there conveys more than spoken words.

God is love and showing God's love simply by being their for someone and that someone knows that you are their -- brings rejoicing.