“And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar†(Genesis 38:6).
As we proceed with the story of Tamar, using the term “lady†may not be a good choice of words but for creative purposes we will refer to her as our “leading lady.†Our study writer, Carol Reid, says Tamar’s story is “a truthful story of a real woman, of the man who done her wrong and what she did about it.†All of that has the makings a sizzling movie or a hard-core country song.
Until this Bible study, I had never heard a sermon or been a taught a lesson on Genesis 38. As ladies, we tend to want to shy away from thinking there were such women in the Bible as Tamar. Within our study we see these words: “The time has come for us to prove that the Scriptures have answers and hope for women who’ve been sinful, abused, taken advantage of or hurt.†There are many women in our world that may be just like Tamar. Can they look to us for the help they need to turn their lives around or will we continue to shun them?
Before we can delve further into our story we must meet the remaining cast of characters of our story. We will learn tomorrow how two of these characters will meet their demise early on.
Sue Winchester
Missouri
PRAY TOGETHER: Pray for the WNAC office as they close accounting books for 2008.
