The Little Maid: In The Days Of King Jehoram

The Little Maid

Greetings little one, have you ever done something for someone, but they never notice? They don’t bother to say thank you? How does that make you feel? Do you think to yourself, I’m never going to help that person anymore? What would you do if this was you in this story? In the days of king Jehoram, Naaman captain of the Syrian army, raided the land of Israel and captured a little girl and brought her to Syria. This little girl was given the job of serving Naaman’s wife. Imagine little one, that strangers much less an army, came to your country. Surrounded your town or village, came into your house, maybe kill some of your family members and then capture you and take you away to be a servant forever in a foreign land. How would you feel? Would you want to do the best job you could for Mrs. Naaman? In fact, would you want to tell them at all about the God you served?
This was a terrible disease with sores on the skin. It could destroy the nerve endings in the hands and feet causing loss of feeling which makes the fingers and the toes start to cut away from the body until they just fall off, leaving the person deformed. Leprosy can also affect the nose, throat and eyes and can lead to paralysis and gangrene. Plus it could spread easily to other people. Wow, no wonder Naaman was very nervous about his problem. He was rich and had the best doctors that money could buy, but there was no cure to be found in the world. Naaman felt hopeless, even Mrs. Naaman knew that soon her husband must leave her forever. One day Mrs. Naaman had a conversation with her little maid, maybe she talked about the latest news from the doctors. How they had told Naaman how much longer he could live among people, before he had to leave his home, family and job behind and go live with the other lepers until he