What Jael Did" is story from the dark ages that is brought to light in way that is modern and fascinating. Jael is sassy, beautiful, captivating, and READY TO DO BATTLE FOR THE LORD. Jael circled the sleeping figure. She reversed her direction and circled around again. Jael trembled with fear. She could not stop shaking. Her heart pounded furiously and felt as if it was beating out of her chest. This is a bad dream, Jael thought. This cannot be real. Soon she would wake up on her animal print divan in the loving arms of her husband, Heber. No, that would not be possible because Heber had not...
What Jael Did" is story from the dark ages that is brought to light in way that is modern and fascinating. Jael is sassy, beautiful, captivating, and ...
Gladys Bostick struggled to close the overly stuffed suitcase. She had cleaned everything out of her armoire, dresser, and vanity, because she would not be coming back. But now the blue and white suitcase she owned since her Claflin College days refused to snap shut. Totally frustrated, Gladys placed the suit case on the floor and sat on it. Only then could she snap it shut. Any other time she and Auntie Nancy would have a good laugh at Gladys sitting on top of the suitcase trying to get it to close, but today was not one of those days. Right now the tension in the room was so thick you could...
Gladys Bostick struggled to close the overly stuffed suitcase. She had cleaned everything out of her armoire, dresser, and vanity, because she would n...
It is 1942, and the world is at war, however, Gladys Bostick Holmes is fighting personal battles of her own. Recently widowed, and a single mother of six children, Gladys has relocated to Calhoun County, South Carolina where she struggles to put her life back together. But, for an African-American woman in the racist, Jim Crow South, that is hard to do. Gladys is working as a domestic for a White woman who shorts her pay. The White landlord is overcharging her for the dilapidated property she rents. To make ends meet, Gladys is literally "robbing from Peter to pay Paul." However, despite the...
It is 1942, and the world is at war, however, Gladys Bostick Holmes is fighting personal battles of her own. Recently widowed, and a single mother of ...
It's not WHO Jael was that makes her special but WHAT she did for God. What Jael did was she heard God's call and faithfully obeyed. What Jael did was not self-serving, but was God's bidding. What Jael did was exactly what God planned for her, and she did to the best of her feminine ability. How ironic that God choose a gentile woman, whose ancestors worshipped idols, for such a major task. What message do we see in this story? It shows us that God does not view us as saved or unsaved. Jael was neither Israelite nor male but God used her anyway. God used her in a way that requires the faith...
It's not WHO Jael was that makes her special but WHAT she did for God. What Jael did was she heard God's call and faithfully obeyed. What Jael did was...
