The Story of Deborah and Jael, Part Two: Deborah
The Story of Deborah and Jael, Part Two My Name is Deborah "Follow God and fight for what he fights". Note: The Story of Deborah and Jael, Part One introduced a story of faith, love and salvation, told through the lives of two remarkable women: Deborah and Jael. Actually, the story depends as well upon a third woman, unnamed, a mother in anguish. Together, these three women remind us that God desires that we fully rely upon what he says, God desires that we fully love what God loves, and hate and what God hates, and God desires that we fully live with him. Here is Deborah's story, told from her viewpoint, as if she were able to speak to us now, face-to-face. I've been asked to explain why my story is in the Bible, and how it connects with you all. That's going to be a bit difficult. I grew up knowing God's promise, that he had chosen us to be his people, and he would settle us in a land of our own, that we would be a blessing for the entire worl