I just published a book, Old and New Testament Gleanings. It is a one to two page summary of each Book of the Bible in poetic form. The link to Amazon is below. I am now in the process of writing a sequel which provides a one page character description of characters in the Bible. Below is a sample of what is to come.
Do you know who Rhoda was in the New Testament? Her name was only given one time. Following is who she was.
“And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer. Recognizing Peter’s voice, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and reported that Peter was standing at the gate.” Acts 12:13-14
“They said to her, ‘You are out of your mind. But she kept insisting that it was so, and they kept saying, ‘It is his angel.' But Peter continued knocking.” Acts 12:15-16a
“But Peter continued knocking.” Acts 12:16a
Rhoda
Imagine if you will
a girl who was so surprised she forgot to think.
She moved simply by her instinct.
Peter had knocked on the door.
Rhoda, a servant girl, came to answer.
Peter spoke. What he said, we know not what,
but Rhoda recognized Peter’s voice.
She became so excited she did not open the door- it remained shut.
This was at Mary’s house, and there was a group there praying.
Instead of letting Peter in,
Rhoda ran to tell the group that Peter was at the door.
Peter was left standing while still knocking and being ignored.
But Rhoda was too joyful and stirred to think to let him in.
The group at the house were responding in disbelief.
The chatter was probably not brief,
and Peter was still knocking.
One was saying, “Your out of your mind.”
Another may have leaned back to listen and remained, in amazement, reclined.
Rhoda excitedly continued insisting that Peter was at the door.
Another joined the conversation, “It must be his angel,”
as Peter continued knocking.
Finally, they opened the door and were amazed.
Rhonda joined everyone as they praised.
Why were they in awe?
Why was Peter left knocking?
Peter explained to them,
“An angel awakened me in my cell
and said, ‘Peter, get up quickly.’
The chains fell from my hands,
and the angel led me past the guards and out the gate.”
No one had expected Peter to be at Mary’s house nor knocking,
least of all Rhoda.
Rhoda was just a servant girl stirred with excitement-
Her joy was so deep, she forgot to open the door.
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