Mephibosheth

About the Book

To all who know him in Lodebar, Merib is Mephibosheth, the crippled son of Machir and Deborah. For many years, only Merib and his adopted family know his true identity. When King David calls all of Israel to come to his new capitol city, Jerusalem, for the first Passover feast to be held there, Machir and Deborah caution their adopted son to be discreet when speaking with anyone. While admiring the king’s horses in the arena, Merib is approached by a young man named Absalom. Absalom and Merib become fast friends and Absalom promises Merib that he will come see him the next time he visits his grandfather, Talmai, king of Geshur. Merib dares not believe that such a perfect young man will remember him, but Absalom does remember him and their friendship grows. Absalom, who loves horses, is fascinated by the aging black stallion that Merib owns and begs his friend to allow him to take the horse to Jerusalem and put him with his father’s mares. In return for the service of his horse, Absalom promises to give Merib a colt. Machir and Deborah are hesitant but agree that the choice is Merib’s. Thus begins the dangerous journey into a past Merib has tried to forget.

About the Author

Tucked away as she is in the scenic Sierra Nevada Mountains of Mariposa California, life has been mostly pleasant for Mary. She is married to a man she loves; has two sons who have given her no cause to worry; and now has three beautiful granddaughters reaching the age of maturity who have followed in their parent’s footsteps. Yet, even in the midst of all these blessings, Mary knows what it is to have life crash about her ears. The Curse is the third in a series of six Biblical novels Mary has written about one of the least talked about yet most notable princes in the Bible. A once living, breathing, person, who left us an example of how to get up and walk on for the number of years that God has given to us.