JEPHTHAH'S DAUGHTER

JEPHTHAH’S DAUGHTER

Judges 11:29-40

  Now that you have read the story you know about Jephthah and his vow, but have you thought about his daughter? What do you suppose he would have done if she begged him not to kill her? What if she had cried and said “God won’t expect you to do that – He knows you didn’t mean me!”?

  Do you think he would still have kept his vow? How many times have we , or someone we know, let ourselves be talked out of doing what we knew we should do?

  Oh, if I only could be the kind of person Jephthah’s daughter was – a person my friends and loved ones could count on to help them be their best!

Leslie Nivens