Through My Eyes

When Eve opened her eyes, she must have beheld the most beautiful garden in the world; what pain she must have felt to see that all destroyed by one bite of the forbidden fruit. Jezebel was a powerful queen married to a spineless king; it all fell apart when her husband was murdered. Bathsheba was the wife of a beloved king, but not the only one; she had to share her honor with others. We know who Esther was, but do we know about Vashti, the queen she replaced? We hear nothing of Jesus's mother after his crucifixion; church history doesn't stop there. Jesus spoke to the woman at the well in Samaria; what happened after that? The Bible gives us hints into the lives of these and many other women, many whom we hardly know. This is a look into what they may have been thinking. Scripture references are backed up with Jewish and early Christian traditions, rabbis, and first century historians as these women tell their stories through their own eyes.