"WOMAN OF THE DAY :

“BATHSHEBA – Never Underestimate the Rise of a Fallen Woman”

Bathsheba was the beautiful wife of Uriah the Hittite, who was a trusted and loyal commander in the king’s army. When Bathsheba knew she was pregnant by the adulterous encounter with King David, she sent word to the king. David then brought her husband home from battle, hoping Uriah would enjoy intimacy with Bathsheba and thereby perceive himself as the father of her unborn child. When this plan went awry, David arranged for Uriah’s death on the battlefield, then sent his messengers and brought Bathsheba to his palace. Though perhaps she could have rejected the king’sinitial overtures, by this point she obviously had no choice in the matter.

But Bathsheba certainly gives you cause to ask many questions, such as: 1) Did she realize that her husband’s death was the result of deliberate orders by the king? 2) What went through her mind on hearing the prophet Nathan’s words of judgment on the king? 3) When David came to comfort her after the death of their child (2 Samuel 12:24), did she recoil from the man whose lust for her had caused the death of a loyal and trusting husband and brought judgment on her child?

Just makes you wish you could sit down with her and have a Oprahmoment to do a Special Interview!

However, regardless to her wrongful decisions with King David, the Bible does inform us that she mourned for her husband (2 Samuel 11:26), and certainly her heart must have broken as she held her dying baby, watching helplessly as life slipped out of the tiny body. In spite of her love and even the king’s fasting and pleading before God for his son’s life, the little one died. 

However, in due time, another son, Solomon, was born to her. 

As Queen, she was aware of the various intrigues which occurred when David’s sons rose up against him and vied with each other to take power from the king. When David was near the end of his life, Bathsheba heard rumblings that another of David’s sons, Adonijah, had set himself up as king. Politically astute enough to realize that her own son’s succession was in danger, she must have been grateful when the prophet Nathan presented a plan for insuring the fulfillment of David’s promise that Solomon would sit on his throne. Realizing he must act quickly to establish Solomon as the successor to the throne in the eyes of the people, David gave instructions for the high priest to anoint Solomon as king. Solomon then served as co-regent until David’s death.

As Queen Mother, Bathsheba enjoyed additional respect and exercised authority over the women of the king’s house. 

Bathsheba lived long. She had been a victim of a king’s lust, a grieving mother, a political schemer, and a revered Queen Mother. 

Her experiences encompassed the worst and the best, the heights and the depths of human circumstance and emotion. 

But perhaps the notoriety of her scandalous adultery is ultimately overshadowed by her legacy as mother of the wisest of Israel’s kings! 

Sisters, be careful of kicking a sister when she's down, before you know it, you may be looking up to her! 

Truth be told, we've all sinned, and we've all fallen short of God's grace, mercy and will for our lives, so none of us is in the position to point a finger! 

Therefore, be spiritual and restore your sister, don't step or spit on her! When a woman has made a bad judgment call, she already knows it! She doesn't need you to call, text and email her that she messed up! 

And don't hold it over her head because HE already had it nailed to His hands and feet! 

Don't stab her with your sharp tongue of criticism, HE’S already suffered piercing for her! 

She needs no more mocking, HE took all the mocking for her, and loved her enough to let it all fall on deaf ears, because HE didn't even respond to it! 

She is already forgiven and restored in the eyes of the Lord, and unless you can prove your name is higher than HIS, accept the fact that HE Bathed "Bathsheba" and she is now clean! 

And not even the constant bringing up of her dirt can remove her new Fragrance in Christ!

So let it go! And Support your Sister, don't sucker punch her! 

Just because her mistakes aren't the same as yours, make no mistake about it, You Have Still Made Your Fair Share of Them! You've been Redeemed, so don't be Selfish!

Yes she fell, but if you help her, her fall won't have to be fatal, and she can rise again, perhaps even higher than before her fall! 

So help her, don't hurt her, and don't hinder her! Remember, she is Your Sister! 

“Jesus went across to Mount Olives, but he was soon back in the Temple again. Swarms of people came to him. He sat down and taught them. The religion scholars and Pharisees led in a woman who had been caught in an act of adultery. They stood her in plain sight of everyone and said, “Teacher, this woman was caught red-handed in the act of adultery. Moses, in the Law, gives orders to stone such persons. What do you say?” They were trying to trap him into saying something incriminating so they could bring charges against him.  Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger in the dirt. They kept at him, badgering him. He straightened up and said, “THE SINLESS ONE AMONG YOU, GO FIRST: THROW THE STONE” Bending down again, he wrote some more in the dirt.  HEARING THAT, THEY WALKED AWAY, ONE AFTER ANOTHER, BEGINNING WITH THE OLDEST. The woman was left alone. Jesus stood up and spoke to her. “WOMAN, WHERE ARE THEY? DOES NO ONE CONDEMN YOU?”  “NO ONE, MASTER” “NEITHER DO I,” SAID JESUS. “GO ON YOUR WAY. FROM NOW ON, DON’T SIN” {John 8:1-11 MSG}

PS: UNTIL YOUR CLOSET HAS NO BONES, THROW NO STONES! 

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