The talk was centered on being tired/weary. We are so tired in this day
and age and the brother mentioned Jeremiah and how after being put in
stocks for one day he was complaining and cursing the man that announced
his birth and wishing that he had died in his mom's womb. He was tired.

Then he asked what comes to mind when you think of Job's wife. Most
people think of her telling Job to curse god and die. The C.O. asks why
wasn't she rebuked with the others (the three so-called comforters)? It
was brought out that Job's wife was tired. More tired that you can
imagine.

Think of this ..when the messengers told Job that he had lost all his
livestock, Job's wife lost hers too ..when the messengers told Job that
he had lost all his land and material goods, Job's wife lost hers too
...when the messengers told Job that he had lost all his children, Job's
wife lost hers too ...think ...the children that you carried for nine
months, bonded with as you breast-fed each and everyone of them
...watched them grow up and stand tall and only to lose them all at once
violently ...was she tired? ...Yes!...Then to make matters worse (if they
could get any worse), your husband mysteriously and suddenly develops
huge boils all over his body that are open and oozing pus and stink. You
watch as the man you love, the father of your children cracks a pottery
jar and begins to dig and scratch himself in order to alleviate some of
the pain, but to no avail.

This man who has been all that to you, who is staying away because his
breath is so bad that no one can stand it. You are sitting by helpless
with no explanation for anything. Do you want to continue to see him
suffer or would you too want him to die? Most of us would want a loved
one out of his/her misery. So when Job's wife said curse God and die, she
wasn't being disloyal to Jehovah, she wanted her husband's misery to be
over. It was an act of love. She was tired!!

In the end, not only was she not reproved but she was blessed with
everything that Job received, more children, more wealth and a healthy
husband.

Well, I also wanted to add a comment my niece shared with me concerning
Job that was very helpful to me.

There are those times due to our health problems either physical, or
mental, that we are not doing all that we feel that we should.

I was crying about it, and she asked me ...did I consider Job a faithful
man?
Of course I said "oh yes!"

Then she lovingly pointed out, that at one time, all Job could do, was
sit in the dirt, and scrape his sores. That was his act of worship,
proving Satan a liar. He did not lose faith. So, next time you are being
hard on yourself for circumstances beyond your control....remember the
account of Job.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So we can in spite of our circumstances still give a reply even if we are
just breathing and praying to Jehovah to get through the next minute.
Whether it is physical or mental distress.

We can be liked to Job only able to scrape his sores and praying to get
through this trial yet we are still doing what Jehovah has asked us to
do. Give him a reply to Satan. This was powerful for me.


"As the end draws near, you may find the pace may quicken, the road may
get rougher, the path steeper. But make sure you never tire out, that you
never quit, that you never become a dropout."
- Lyman Swingle - June 1, 1989 Watchtower page 22

A woman was walking down the street when she was accosted by a
particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked her for a couple of
dollars for dinner.

The woman took out her bill fold, extracted ten dollars and asked, "If
I give you this money, will you buy some wine with it instead of dinner?"

"No," I had to stop drinking years ago, the homeless woman replied.

"Will you use it to go shopping instead of buying food?" the woman asked.

"No," I don't waste time shopping, the homeless woman said. "I need
to spend all my time trying to stay alive."

"Will you spend this on a beauty salon instead of food?" the woman asked.

"Are you NUTS!" replied the homeless woman. "I haven't had my hair done
in 20 years!"

"Well," said the woman, "I'm not going to give you the money. Instead,
I'm going to take you out for dinner with my husband and myself tonight."

The homeless Woman was astounded.

"Won't your hubby be furious with you for doing that? I know I'm dirty,
and I probably smell pretty disgusting."


The woman replied, "That's okay. It's important for him to see what a woman looks like after she has given up shopping, hair appointments, and wine!"