Write a reflection from the perspective of one of the characters in the books of Samuel and Kings about the spiritual impact of a specific textual incident. a)Pick a character that is NOT your own gender and select an event from that person’s life that you find personally intriguing. Focus on a minor character, not a major one (not Samuel, Saul, David). If you are stuck, here are some suggestions: Eli, Hannah, Eliab, Jonathan, Michal, Abigail, the witch of Endor, Bathsheba, Absalom, Amnon, Tamar, the wise woman of Abel, the queen of Sheba, Ahijah, Jeroboam I, Ahab, the widow of Zarephath, Jezebel, Elijah, Elisha, Naaman’s wife’s Israelite servant girl, Jehu, Athaliah, Jehosheba, Hoshea, Hezekiah, Isaiah, Jehoiachin, Huldah. 2 Put yourself “in their shoes”. Reflect on what the incident would have been like for them. How has the incident affected them? If you were that person what would you have thought or felt? c)Include a very brief introduction (1 sentence) explaining: i)who you are, ii)what text your incident comes from. d)Write as that person. The first-person perspective of your reflection comes from their possible responses to the incident. e)Don’t change the story, but feel free to fill in some gaps to flush out the narrative. f)What was their attitude toward God? How has it changed because of what happened? This is the heart of the assignment, so your reflection should focus on your character’s relationship with God
