Collapsed

grandboy



"...Your words have put stumbling people on their feet, put fresh hope in people about to collapse..." (Job 4:4)

Sunday afternoon, the four-year-old grandboy ran back and forth, back and forth trying to muster the courage to jump off the diving board (not the same grandboy in yesterday's post—the other four-year-old). Finally, he collapsed. It was hilarious! (To his credit, after some coaxing, he did finally take the plunge.)

In the Old Testament book of Job, Eliphaz attempts to encourage downtrodden Job by reminding him that his words had lifted others from their pit of despair. 

Beloved, be a friend and lift a heart ready to collapse! "Be agreeable, be sympathetic, be loving, be compassionate, be humble. No retaliation. No sharp-tongued sarcasm. Instead, bless—that's your job [today], to bless!" (1 Peter 3:9 The Message)