Jobab and Me

     Christians, Muslims, Jews and, I presume, those from all spiritual traditions, really like Job. Most of us don't remember the full story, but we do remember that the Old Testament God, drilled down on Job (Jobab in Greece and the Ozarks) and pushed him to his limits.  COVID, Trump, global warming, aging relatives, fake news, uneducated work force, BLM, et.al., the world awakens every day in a "Jobab state-of-mind".        

     Personally, well it's a little more complicated.  North of 75, and responsible for an Assisted Living Facility occupied by Republican octogenarians, who want unfettered privilege without viral exposure, no matter the near total absence of functioning staff....well, I am rivaling Jobab's anguish.  Much of the common clay workforce is home watching Netflix, given Nancy's $900 weekly pandemic stipend, and the 4thQ deplorables will not do 24 hour shifts because of their "habits".  If we continue to stay safe, we the brave/stupid few will kill ourselves "holding down the fort".  If we "fold" and do a "Trump-Open", we might as well push the residents in front of a bus... in that we are in Branson, Mecca to 9 million fundamentalist visitors who have heard on Fox News that Covid is either a hoax, or a Chinese conspiracy.  

     I am somewhat less certain than Jobab that... "my redeemer liveth"  job 19:25