Publisher's Synopsis
First introduced to us in the scriptures merely as the wife Judah got for his firstborn son, Tamar's story is one that deals with dysfunctional family dynamics, loss, betrayal, risks and eventually, respect. Little is recorded about her thoughts, feelings or interactions with the people of her times. But, she has much to teach us by the choices she made, actions she engaged and how she responded to the many injustices sustained. Many have presumed her to be deceptive, alluring and seductive. Yet I invite you to examine her life in greater detail with me as we ease into her circumstances in the recess of our imaginations and consider just what she might have been thinking along the way. Perhaps at one point she thought ... How long must I be required to rot away in this prison not of my own making? ... Must I die the slow bitter death of a starved soul separated from the hopes and dreams of tending my own children and husband and home? Her story is one of trail and hardship that ends with her name being forever recorded in the annals of history. Her story lends many life lessons to us if we are willing to consider her journey as though it were our own. Let us walk beside her, learn from her, and find the freedom for ourselves that comes to those who are ... Redeemed.
