Job's Wife

This morning, my Sunday School lesson was on Job's wife.  We have been studying the women of the Bible.  We started in Genesis last January and reached Job this morning.  Anyway, I wasn't sure how to teach a lesson over a woman who has about 1 sentence in the Bible.  I knew that I didn't want it to be negative.  You see, I think traditionally Job's wife has been viewed in a very negative way.  However, I think if anyone of us lost our ten children to calamity add in our house and our livelihood, we would probably respond more in the way Job's wife did.  The Bible says that Job was a righteous and blameless man.  It does not extend the same courtesy to his wife.  The truth is she was more human.  Just like most of us!  These two lines actually opened the door for some amazing conversation in my class and some deep thought by myself.  Someone asked me is it okay to be angry?  My reply...yes, it is okay to be angry but it is not okay to sit in it until it becomes bitterness.  I have done this myself.  There are a few things that I have remained bitter over.  I need to be working on those.  So, for whoever stumbles across this and spends the time reading it, I would encourage you to examine your heart.  Is there some pockets of anger that have sat to long and become bitterness?  It is time to forgive.

And that is a post for another day.  I am praying for you as you pray for me!