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transcripts of your speeches, trying to memorize what<br />
you have said, so she can teach your words to others.<br />
She has given everything she has to your service, and<br />
she is constantly looking for ways to convince others to<br />
treasure you as much as she does. Clearly, this<br />
maiden loves you.<br />
The second maiden also says she loves you. She<br />
pays her tribute, but also gives you additional gifts, and<br />
tries to help those who work for you just as much as<br />
she can. She tells all of her friends how much she<br />
loves you, and even composes songs about you in her<br />
spare time (and teaches these songs to others).<br />
The third maiden tells you that she loves you, but you<br />
can see that she is not very happy about paying tribute.<br />
While she would love to be your wife, you cannot shake<br />
the feeling that she does not really want to do anything<br />
more to help build your kingdom than she really has to.<br />
She happily eats at your table, but while she sings the<br />
songs that others compose, she does not really do so<br />
with heart.<br />
The fourth maiden loudly protests that she loves you,<br />
but she never pays her tribute, and never helps your<br />
officials in their work. She rests on the days that you<br />
have set apart, and she sings songs about you on that<br />
day, if someone else leads. She loves to eat at the<br />
Sabbath table, but whenever anyone asks her why she<br />
does not pay the necessary tribute, she hotly snaps<br />
that it should be obvious how much she really loves<br />
you.<br />
The fifth maiden has dedicated the rest of her life to<br />
telling other people about you. She has traveled to<br />
distant countries, suffered many hardships, and has<br />
told many people what a wonderful prince you are, and<br />
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what a great king you will soon be. She has even<br />
spent time in jail for trying to convince the citizens of<br />
other nations that they should pledge their allegiance to<br />
you (rather than to their current king or flag). This<br />
damsel has given her life for you and has even suffered<br />
bloody torture in faraway places for your benefit.<br />
The sixth maiden gladly pays her tribute, and helps<br />
your ministers and officials with their work. She also<br />
sends you gifts from time to time, and she went to<br />
special expense to hire a lawyer to get the fifth maiden<br />
out of prison.<br />
The seventh maiden gives no regular tribute, but<br />
sends you small gifts from time to time. She sings in a<br />
local choir, and she loves to meet and fellowship with<br />
others who eat clean foods on the Sabbath day.<br />
Apart from these seven maidens, there are thousands<br />
of other women who would love to be your queen.<br />
Some of them pay their regular tribute, and some don’t.<br />
Some of them keep your commandments, and some<br />
don’t. Although you love each one of your subjects<br />
deeply, and would gladly lay down your life for them,<br />
you cannot take all of these maidens for your queen.<br />
You do not need many brides, just pure ones.<br />
So the question, young prince, is this: Which of these<br />
maidens will you take as your wife (or wives)?<br />
Remember that you must choose wisely, as your father<br />
forbids divorce. If you marry the wrong woman, she is<br />
yours forever (so choose wisely).<br />
Yeshua’s Choice<br />
As a newly crowned king, you will also have many<br />
other jobs to fulfill in your kingdom, besides<br />
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