The Centurion, The Woman, & The Thief

My first scripts have been written. Their message? I looked at how the Centurion, who was commended with great faith, possibly lived prior to reaching out to Jesus. I focused on his thought life, his relationship to his servant, and his understanding of God. What motivated him to reach out to Christ? Obviously, we don't know for sure, because the Bible doesn't tell us. Nor are there any surrounding literature of historical value, that gives us hints to this soldier's life.

The Woman, who was bleeding for twelve years, is a story about compassion from Jesus as a response to her faith. The focus of the script is to realize she was living a life of isolation for twelve years, and the possible effect it had on her emotional, physically, and spiritually. I really love her story. She showed great courage to reach for Jesus' cloak. Knowing the very real consequence of her action could mean her death.

The Thief's story has very few verses mentioning him in the Bible. But I'm so grateful to him. Imagine a man who lived his entire life for himself, and in the middle of his execution, asked Jesus to remember him. His story gives me hope. This man could offer nothing to God and yet he was welcomed to Paradise.