![]() Maybe I should have told the truth myself and feared God more than my husband’s opinion of me. Or maybe I should have encouraged him to give the whole sum, trusting God more. If only I had encouraged him to tell the truth. Was it Satan? Or was it me? It doesn’t really matter because we are both dead. It doesn’t matter why – whether he was trying to look big in the eyes of the apostles or trying to be another Barnabas. I knew my husband intended to lie and keep back part of the money. We certainly had every right to keep all of it or to keep part of it back and give part to the Lord. When we sold our property, the money was at our disposal. King Solomon one said, “Whoever loves money never has enough whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.” How true. But if only's will not bring us back from the grave. If only I had convinced my husband Ananias to tell the truth. What does it profit one, to gain the whole world and lose one’s soul? Rahab and I had much in common: prostitutes, harboring political criminals, a decision that would change the entire course of our lives based on what we did with these men. What if I had thrown my lot in with Israel, like Rahab did? What if I had seen what Sampson could be, strong, not just in a physical sense, but strong in the power of the Lord? ![]() If only I had looked beyond what he was to what he could have been. If only I hadn’t sold the man who loved me into the hands of the Philistines. Even if I invest this 5500 pieces of silver wisely, it will one day turn to dust. And with that power I was able to get this - 5500 shekels of silver.īeauty is fleeting and charm is deceptive and one day I will lose them both. I had influence over all the rulers of my time. I’m intelligent I know how to use my charm to get what I want. I can’t go back and change what I have done. I can buy a lot with 5500 pieces of silver. Salome, Delilah, Sapphira, Eve, Job's wife, Sarah, Queen Esther, Bathsheba, the Hebrew midwives Puah and Shiprah, Rahab the prostitute and Ruth.įive thousand 500 pieces of silver. ![]() Duration: Approximately 20 minutes.Īctors: 12F (doubling and tripling possible). ” These are tied together with Joel 3:14 (Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.) Salome, Delilah, Sapphira, Eve, Job's wife, Sarah, Queen Esther, Bathsheba, the Hebrew midwives Puah and Shiprah, Rahab the prostitute and Ruth ask themselves "What if.", or regretfully look back with "If only I had. Summary: A series of 12 monologues by women in the Bible considering the decisions they made.
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