His choice shocked everyone. Of all the pious, chaste and committed women in the county, he chose her! What in the world was he thinking? Elizabeth, Mary, Acquila, Priscillia, Maude, and his choice was Tamar? Seriously? Was he addled in the brain? Did Tamar's father influence his choice with cattle? Or with produce from his large farm? Could her brothers have threatened the master? For crying out loud, she was no better than a common prostitute and a murderer. She had killed Er and then Onan but since she hadn't been caught red-handed, there was nothing to be done about it. Everyone just pointed accusing fingers, but no one could cast a stone at her. Even her father-in-law was afraid for his youngest son Shelah and decided to send her packing. Like that wasn't enough, she got pregnant in her fathers house. Surely, she deserved to be stoned to death with the evil spawn growing in her womb? Instead, all we heard was that He had chosen her- Tamar. ****...
Come see life through my eyes!