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By Dot Hannah
10/29/14
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Who Is She?

October 29, 2014

As she sat beneath the palm trees on the withered grass, she prepared to hear another disagreement. The following moment, a shadow obscured the sunlight, and looking up, she beheld a man with the air of a prince. She thought, “Is it an angel or merely a figment of my imagination?” She could not discern the identity of this ghostly form. Then he spoke, his words like an arrow, on the mark. He instructed her to go to a particular man with a message to take ten thousand other men and go fight the captain of an evil ruler’s army. He told her to say, “God will deliver him into your hand.” As the soft breeze stirred her dark, wavy hair, she pondered what had been said and immediately obeyed. A heart that hides no guile, a look so frank and sincere, she thought it would be madness for the recipient of her message to decline. Still he lingered, lost in thought. Suddenly he said, “No, I will not go unless you go with me.” She courageous agreed, but said, “You are willingly giving your honor over to a woman.”

She shuddered to think how dark the days had become, lawless and immoral, a land where strange gods were worshipped and terrible acts committed. Mankind had progressed into a downward spiral and become incarnate spirits of evil. The Lord had cut them off at their knees and given the land over into the hands of a wicked ruler who cruelly oppressed them. No one would take a stand until now.

As they darted along the narrow path, they could hear the thundering of horse hooves approaching. They held their breath as they prepared for the fight. With anxious hearts, they remained motionless, their eyes fixed. Tensely, they waited, and then leaped out with swords drawn. After some hours, the conflict ceased, and not one man was left. However, the enemy captain had fled on foot, exhausted. He arrived at the tent of a fair faced woman he believed to be friendly and asked her to stand guard at the tent door while he succumbed in slumber. Thoughts surged through her brain, and she flushed red as a rose as she hammered a tent peg into his temple. She breathed nervously, and for a second, a tremor possessed her. It was a starting picture. Wide eyed, she stood trembling as she went out to meet the man’s pursuers.

The skies had begun to clear from a dull, leaden gray into a scene of peaceful beauty. With a sweet voice, she sang a song of praise to a most high God for His mercy, and righteous acts on behalf of Israel. In truth, her heart was ready to fly away in happiness, a peculiar smile dancing over her countenance. Refreshed and strengthened, she paused occasionally to contemplate her heartfelt gratitude. A memorable day it had been. Do you know who she is?

“So may all your enemies perish, O Lord! But may they who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength.” (Judges 5:31) NIV

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