...what I learned from Sarah (yes, Abraham's wife).
I don't think poor old Sarah gets the credit she deserves. Sarah, in my opinion, was an extraordinary woman. We can't judge her within the context of today's standards. Actually, I don't think anything in the Bible can be interpreted without taking into consideration the historical frame. Sarah lived at a time when women were merely property. They were given and taken away. They were but instruments to bring forth children. To a point, we could say they were slaves. Yet, in the middle of all that, I repeat, Sarah was an extraordinary woman, an exceptional woman. Consider good ol' Abraham. The Bible says he believed, and it was counted as righteousness. Yet, as righteous as he was, like all the others, he was a product of his culture as well. From the Bible narrative, we can tell that Abraham loved Sarah. Yet, when he needed to (to save his own skin), he "gave her to Pharoah", and then again to Abimelech, saying she was his sister--we all know ...