Choosing the Path of Blessing

A sorrowful trio stood at the edge of town. Tears flowed down the cheeks of two young women, while the face of the older women bore the traces of its sorrow with a look of determination. Nothing would move her from the course of action upon which she had decided.

The two younger women clung to the older one, as if refusing to part with one so dear. The older woman said to the younger two,

“Go, return each unto her mother’s house: the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and...