Source: Jews for Jesus, June 13, 2018<\/p>\n
Gena Gelman reports, \u201cAs part of our outreach, we visited elderly Jewish Israelis, including a 94-year-old woman named Jael. \u2018May I speak with you for a few minutes?\u2019 I asked her. Jael was as grateful for the company as she was for the food I\u2019d just shared with her. She was wrestling with some physical ailments, so I asked if she could hear and understand me well enough. With some difficulty, she nodded yes. Then she pointed to her left leg, her left hand and her tongue. \u2018A stroke?\u2019 I asked. She nodded again. Despite her limitations, we were able to communicate through brief words and simple gestures.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter a few minutes, I began to tell Jael about God\u2019s love, our sin and the forgiveness and reconciliation that He has made possible through the death and resurrection of the Messiah, Yeshua. Then I asked her a question: \u2018Tell me, Jael, would you say you\u2019re guilty of sin?\u2019 Jael made a sign with her hand as if to say, \u2018Well, maybe yes, maybe no.\u2019 \u2018Let me read you something,\u2019 I offered.<\/p>\n
\u201cI opened to the Ten Commandments and started to read as I\u2019d often done with people who either do not think they are sinners or are unsure. As soon as I came to the commandment, \u2018Do not kill,\u2019 Jael stiffened. I ventured a guess and gently said, \u2018Many women have had abortions.\u2019 Suddenly, tears filled her eyes. Through her gestures, I understood that long ago she\u2019d ended three pregnancies. I did not judge or speak to her of the details. It was clear that she was filled with remorse all on her own.<\/p>\n
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