thank you for this. I am saving it to read over and over :)
David and Bethany
· 1 year ago
Happy belated birthday, Jonalyn! Dave & I were in Steamboat for a very short Labor Day weekend, and it was SO beautiful. We must do coffee the next time we are up! :)
Chris
· 1 year ago
Jonalyn, This is a related point -- in a study of Genesis last year, I noticed God's valuing of the spousal relationship and the wife with Abraham and Sarah. Isn't it interesting that in both instances where Sarah is nearly lost to Pharoah or another ruler (forgot who), God doesn't just tell Abe to find a new woman! It seems that God held that relationship as sacred -- they were called together and the promise (Gen.12) was for them both, it seems. Similarly, we see again with Hagar that God wanted the promise (18:10) to come through Sarah and no one else. Interesting, given the view of wives/women predominant in the ANE. As an extra note, we see a beautiful picture of Abraham's love for Sarah in Ch.22 at her death. Who knows how long they were together? Maybe 100 years! At least 82 yrs. by my figures. Just some thoughts that you reminded me of.
Jennifer
· 1 year ago
Jonalyn,
I LOVED this article! These women are such an encouragement to us in that God gives people a second chance. I wrote an article on my blog about Bathsheba (linked below) and what a blessing she has been to me.
Have a good day, Jennifer Barker (http://jennifer-asag.blogspot.com/2008/08/bathsheba-encouragement.html)
catherine Illian
· 1 year ago
Thanks for writing about that-- I first heard about this from Ray Bakke -- he has a great sermon about it and has also written about it..
Ernesto
· 1 year ago
Happy Birthday, you young'em. In just four short years you will be as old than Jesus was when he died for us. Another thing I noticed about Mary and her pregnancy was only Luke tells the story from her prespective. Mark and John don't include the pregnancy or the nativity, and Matthew tells it from Joseph's veiw. What comes across is how confident she was despite what was going on around her. The magnifcat was sung before Joseph found out, and her praise of God was not based on what others did but how she intergrated her life and faith together. I see this same faith in my expectant wife.
Jonalyn Grace Fincher
· 1 year ago
Chris-- a nice observation of Abraham and Sarah's marriage, it WAS long and had gone through some "rocky" stuff. I love Abraham's mourning of her, too.
Ernesto--I love what you wrote about your wife and the parallel to Mary. Beautifully said!
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This is beautiful. Thank you for it. It brings reminder and encouragement just how important women are to God!
P.S. Happy 29th Birthday! One more year until the big 3-0! (I'm turning 31 in a month)
Blessings,
~Amy :)
http://amyiswalkinginthespirit.blogspot.com
This is a related point -- in a study of Genesis last year, I noticed God's valuing of the spousal relationship and the wife with Abraham and Sarah. Isn't it interesting that in both instances where Sarah is nearly lost to Pharoah or another ruler (forgot who), God doesn't just tell Abe to find a new woman! It seems that God held that relationship as sacred -- they were called together and the promise (Gen.12) was for them both, it seems. Similarly, we see again with Hagar that God wanted the promise (18:10) to come through Sarah and no one else. Interesting, given the view of wives/women predominant in the ANE. As an extra note, we see a beautiful picture of Abraham's love for Sarah in Ch.22 at her death. Who knows how long they were together? Maybe 100 years! At least 82 yrs. by my figures.
Just some thoughts that you reminded me of.
I LOVED this article! These women are such an encouragement to us in that God gives people a second chance. I wrote an article on my blog about Bathsheba (linked below) and what a blessing she has been to me.
Have a good day,
Jennifer Barker
(http://jennifer-asag.blogspot.com/2008/08/bathsheba-encouragement.html)
Ernesto--I love what you wrote about your wife and the parallel to Mary. Beautifully said!