Who's Your Favorite

[BFP]

John 6: 9"Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?"

i often think of that boy bringing what little he had to the Lord. tho not mentioned by name ( some of my favorite "minor" people in the Bible are not). like the boy i have so little to offer. not meaning financially meaning i am all to human with errors and failings abounding. yet in the Lord's hands what little i can offer He will bless and transform into something truely marvelous

You know I really needed to hear this Rebekah...I always feel so inadequate, but this gave me something to think about today. ThankYou

[nebula]

you know i have always considered Caleb and Samuel and Ruth and Boaz "major" Bible characters

Perhaps.

But like I said, Samuel tends to get overlooked . . . so that's why I mentioned him.

i share your love of Samuel as does my son and daughter in law. in fact it was the name they gave my first grandchild who did not make it full term . sandy ( my daughter in law) so loves the Lord and so loves children as does my son brandon. after much tears and prayer and many drs appointments specialists they are expecting again in febuary praise the Lord! going through all this with my daughter in law i feel even more closeness with Hannah's prayers and also her thanksgiving.

[Xan]

Another thread reminded me of Peter's wife. Now you know she has to be quite a woman to put up with Peter.

[sheya joie]

you know i have always considered Caleb and Samuel and Ruth and Boaz "major" Bible characters lol so never thought to include them but did not remember that the midwives were named thanks Erich. anyone know what their names mean?

love your sister in Christ,

Rebekah David

The Strongs listing for Shiphrah says:

H8236

שׁפרה

shiphrâh

shif-raw'

The same as H8235; Shiphrah, an Israelitess: - Shiphrah.

And looking up H8235, we find:

H8235

שׁפרה

shiphrâh

shif-raw'

From H8231; brightness: - garnish.

As for Puah:

H6326

פּוּעה

pû‛âh

poo-aw'

From an unused root meaning to glitter; brilliancy; Puah, an Israelitess: - Puah.

So apparently the two ladies were Bright and Brilliant.

[RebekahDavid]

thank sheya

love your sister in Christ,

Rebekah David

[JIME]

I think Sarah is pretty special.

I can relate to her being barren.

I couldn't imagine having a child at 90 years old!!!

[jesusiskingofkings]

I think the woman that had the issue of blood that had such faith that she pushed through the crowd just to touch the hem of His garmit. Knowing that being unclean she wasn't to be around other people, but needing Him to cleanse her, she didn't let that stop her. How many of us really press on in a crowd? Or what about the woman who cast in all that she had in her need and faith? How many of us really cast ourselves all in to Christ for his use, it's not just money here. Or the woman who had just enough flour to fix 2 little cakes, one for her son, and one for herself. She showed such faith at giveing them to Elijah(right?) that God kept the flour going in the jar all through the famine and they all ate good through it. How many of us would give food out of our own mouth, and childs, to feed someone else? I could go on, and they would be nameless, just faithful in God.

[Xan]

I think the woman that had the issue of blood that had such faith that she pushed through the crowd just to touch the hem of His garmit. Knowing that being unclean she wasn't to be around other people, but needing Him to cleanse her, she didn't let that stop her. How many of us really press on in a crowd? Or what about the woman who cast in all that she had in her need and faith? How many of us really cast ourselves all in to Christ for his use, it's not just money here. Or the woman who had just enough flour to fix 2 little cakes, one for her son, and one for herself. She showed such faith at giveing them to Elijah(right?) that God kept the flour going in the jar all through the famine and they all ate good through it. How many of us would give food out of our own mouth, and childs, to feed someone else? I could go on, and they would be nameless, just faithful in God.

Great examples!

[yesult]

I love Jonathon. Talk about a lionheart. No wonder David loved him.

[ParanoidAndroid]

I'm having trouble picking, but I've narrowed it down to two - one Old Testament, one New Testament. Despite being a male, I have chosen both my "minor-leaguers" to be women - I think this is partly because I once was in an official debate with the question "Does the Bible discriminate against women" (naturally I was for the negative).

From the Old Testament, this might sound a little crazy, but my favourite "minor-league" player would have to be Rahab. Let us look at the cultural and historical factors going against her - she was a woman (culturally frowned upon), she was a prostitute (socially frowned upon) and she wasn't even an Israelite (biblically frowned upon). Yet despite all this, her great Faith in God, and particulrly Joshua, led to one of the greatest victories of the early Israelites (the fall fo Jericho), and is even named as a member of the House of Jesus, in the genealogy of Matthew 1:5 (unless it's a different Rahab being referred to, which doesn't say).

In the New Testament, I must also go for another woman, this one not even mentioned by name, only known as "the Samaritan at the Well". She was also culturally affected by her being a woman (something frowned upon by society, but celebrated by the Bible). Beyond that she was a Samaratan - hated, even loathed by the Jews. Yet when Jesus spoke to her, her Faith shone through, despite her doubts and questions of "why would a Jew speak to me" (paraphrased, John 4:9). The resulting Fiath she showed and her influence with other Samaratans was such that in a society that viewed the testimony of a woman as worth half that of a man's testimony, despite this in John 4:39 is said to have brought many people to Jesus.

These two amazing acts show how the Bible used all people regardless of who they were or where they came from (and yes, there's probably bias there because I researched this extensively for my debate). I had a new-found respect for the women of the Bible after this debate.

All the best,