Friendly fire… That is what it is called in battle when for whatever reason someone on the same side wounds or kills a fellow comrade. On the battle field sometimes it happens but no matter when it happens it is always sad. That is the way I feel about Job and his friends. The only problem with them is that the friends mean to “help” Job and their words wound not help. Job says it this way 16:“I have heard many such things;
miserable comforters are you all.
3Shall windy words have an end?
How often do we as fellow believers wound each other with our words. I won’t go into a lengthy explanation but just say, if your words have wounded whether you meant to or not, it is important to go back and say I am sorry. I loved what one of the ladies said this weekend. She said don’t try to explain why you said it or what might have even caused your tone to be short. Just say, I am sorry, would you forgive me. Let the incident drop them and don’t allow Satan to use it to carve even deeper divides in your friendship, your church family or your work relationship. Our days are short. Don’t allow the enemy to have even a toe whole when it comes to relationships. When he finds a small crevice he will press that divide until it severs relationships.