During time of suffering, to "simply offer our caring presence" . . . it's biblical, in the Job story, chapter two: "When Job’s three friends Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him. They sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was."
Yes! I think I am still sore from our easy hike down that Swiss mountain a couple of years ago. So grateful you didn't need to call the rescue team in to retrieve me.
During time of suffering, to "simply offer our caring presence" . . . it's biblical, in the Job story, chapter two: "When Job’s three friends Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him. They sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was."
Thank you for sharing this beautiful passage!
Yes! I think I am still sore from our easy hike down that Swiss mountain a couple of years ago. So grateful you didn't need to call the rescue team in to retrieve me.
Ha! That was a loooong descent! People who don’t hike in the mountains might not realize that going down is harder than going up!