PETER’S MOTHER-IN-LAW

...so, anyway, the Zebedee brothers, James and John, came over, too. The four boys had been casting and mending their nets when Jesus asked them to join them in His work of fishing for men. I’ll never forget, He had this wonderful presence about Him...you knew He was telling the truth. Jesus was so different. You know, it may seem strange, but they dropped what they were doing to go with Him. They stayed at our house whenever they traveled to Capernaum...  (Copyright, Mary Ann Sadler, 2006)

WIDOW OF NAIN

I was afraid the religious rulers were going to take my house and all my possessions, just like I’ve seen them do to other widows. These are such horrible things to have to think about when you’re just so terribly sad about losing someone you love. What horrible things to have to think about on top of a mother’s grief.(Copyright, Mary Ann Sadler, 2006)

MARTHA

And do you know what he said to me? He said, “Your brother will rise and live again.” At that point, I thought, if one more person says, “At least he went to heaven,” or, “You will see him in heaven,” just one more time, I’d…  (MARTHA ACTS LIKE SHE’S GOING TO PUNCH SOMEONE, AND MARY TUGS AT HER TO STOP THAT THOUGHT.)   Hearing that was not making it hurt less. Of course, Jesus, in his peaceful, tender way, calmed me down so that I could see what he wanted me to see. (Copyright Mary Ann Sadler, 2006)