Curse God And Die
Robert Paul Reyes
January 29, 2006
"Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Curse God and die.” (Job 2:9)
This was the message given to Job by his cursed wife. The couple had lost their seven sons, three daughters, their home, their livelihood, and their health almost simultaneously.
It is too easy to blame a deity for ill health, foolish mistakes and plain bad luck.
The corollary to blaming the Supreme Being for the vagaries of life is to "die" or give up. After all, if the Almighty is against you, what's the use of keeping your nose to the grindstone?
Job, replied to his wife, "Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?"
To give god the credit for material and psychological success, is just as foolish as blaming god for one's misfortunes.
Before he lost everything, Job was a very successful man, not because he found favor with a tribal deity, but because he was hardworking, intelligent and morally upright.
After hundreds of years, too many folks are still quick to curse god, or praise god, for the good and evil that befalls them.
According to Reuters, "a starving Kenyan woman placed a powerful tribal curse on God, accusing him of sending famine, and died in her sleep."
A three-year drought has left more than 3 million Kenyans on the edge of starvation.
Unfortunately, this childish mentality prevails not only in developing countries like Kenya, but also here in the United States,
An enlightened person will not praise god when things go his way, nor will he "curse god and die" when bad luck strikes. A citizen of the 21st century will simply take the good with the bad, and continue running the race set before him.
This was the message given to Job by his cursed wife. The couple had lost their seven sons, three daughters, their home, their livelihood, and their health almost simultaneously.
It is too easy to blame a deity for ill health, foolish mistakes and plain bad luck.
The corollary to blaming the Supreme Being for the vagaries of life is to "die" or give up. After all, if the Almighty is against you, what's the use of keeping your nose to the grindstone?
Job, replied to his wife, "Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?"
To give god the credit for material and psychological success, is just as foolish as blaming god for one's misfortunes.
Before he lost everything, Job was a very successful man, not because he found favor with a tribal deity, but because he was hardworking, intelligent and morally upright.
After hundreds of years, too many folks are still quick to curse god, or praise god, for the good and evil that befalls them.
According to Reuters, "a starving Kenyan woman placed a powerful tribal curse on God, accusing him of sending famine, and died in her sleep."
A three-year drought has left more than 3 million Kenyans on the edge of starvation.
Unfortunately, this childish mentality prevails not only in developing countries like Kenya, but also here in the United States,
An enlightened person will not praise god when things go his way, nor will he "curse god and die" when bad luck strikes. A citizen of the 21st century will simply take the good with the bad, and continue running the race set before him.
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