A work friend and I were recently talking about favorite stories from the Bible, and interestingly, all of his were about men, men like Moses, Noah, Daniel, and Paul. "What about the women," I asked? "After all, you know what they say about the power behind the throne. His reply??? Incredulously, it was something like, "I have to admit that I really don't know about any women in the Bible. Oh, there's Eve...and Mary, the mother of Christ. Are there more?"
Are there more??? There surely are, and we can learn lessons from all of them. We know about Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but what about Sarah, Rebekah, and Rachel? What were their lives really like? What lessons can we learn from them? The Bible tells us that no prophet has ever lived like Moses, but what about his wife Zipporah? Can we learn from her? I think we can...and from Hannah, Jezebel, Tamar, Rahab, and Naomi too. Oh, and poor Hagar. What a dreadful life she must have lived, knowing that Sarah despised her after Ishmael was born. What would she say to us if she could speak? Martha, Dorcas, Elisabeth, and other New Testament sisters stand ready to teach us as well.
It might seem a bit "far out," but I've decided to start a blog about the lessons we can learn from Eve and her sisters. Yes, I know that she didn't literally have sisters of flesh and blood as she and Adam went about their lives in the Garden of Eden and afterwards. Still, all these generations later, women everywhere can learn about choices from her.
Hmmm. I'm going to have to put some more thought into this. For tonight, suffice it to say, that we can learn from Eve and all of her sisters.
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