Tamar
had to be wondering what was wrong with her husband-selecting skills. Husband
#1 was wicked, so God killed him. She married his brother, but he was a jerk
and God killed him too. The bio clock was ticking louder when Tamar and her
father-in-law Judah turned inquisitive eyes on the youngest brother. Since he hadn’t
even started to grow facial hair, Judah advised Tamar to go back to
her father’s household and wait for the little guy to grow up.
But Tamar’s track
record made Judah
nervous, so when it came time for little brother to marry, his dad picked a
safer bride. When word came through the grapevine that her double-crossing
father-in-law had married off little brother and bypassed her altogether, bitterness
set in. Tamar disguised herself as a prostitute and seduced Judah. Only
when she revealed she was pregnant with twins did he learn her identity. Tamar
got her babies and her revenge, but at great cost to herself and her family.
When
bitterness takes over, it closes minds, hardens hearts, and causes us to become
people we never imagined we would become. Bitterness is an open door to a staircase
leading downward to broken dreams, broken relationships, and broken fellowship with
God. But God promises to redeem even our worst mistakes when we trust Him with
them. Despite the fact that their son Perez was conceived in prostitution and
disgrace, God chose him to be a great-great-granddaddy of Jesus Christ.
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