I have heard it said that the book of Job in the OT is not likely an old Hebrew tale but rather something from another people in that neck of the desert. Might not be true.

Job’s wife’s line is world famous. “Why don’t you curse God and die.”

I have mused lately about that. Why even if she had sung “Go fight win. Bring that victory in.” –like a good American cheerleader– she would not have done Job a lick of good. She would have reflected well on the state of her her own soul–but that’s about it.

I could be wrong about that. I don’t think that a Mr can have a whole lot more courage than his Mrs. But then I think that courage is made up of faith hope and love. And a couple brings out different sides of these.

There is something that I do believe to be true. When a man shows his love for his God in public worship–this interprets into the female mind as supernatural courage. And that gives her supernatural courage–which she then is free to reflect back on her mate. (and here I define supernatural as something that doesn’t come from the chairs or the pew or the rocks or the trees but rather someplace unseen invisible.)