Reviews for The Ten Virgins

The average rating for The Ten Virgins based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-07-23 00:00:00 John Clark This is a book that looks like a children's story book but is written for adults. This parable gives much room for thought and interpretation. I liked this book, because it doesn't portray the foolish virgins as overly wicked, just preoccupied and distracted, something that can happen to any of us. I have seen a picture and a reanactment of the picture that portrays the foolish virgins as very wicked. Something this book does not do. I was a little disappointed that the book doesn't diffinatively define who were the foolish and who were the wise virgins, it leaves that up to the reader to determine. I hope this doesn't spoil the book for those who want to read it, but I am choosing to give the names of each virgin in the book Eliana - received the truth and was not deceived Leora - took the Holy Spirit as her guide Ashira- other interests consumes her time Gabriella - diligence to God's service Adi- An entire abscence of personal preparation Malka -brought her own lamp, but not her oil, she has no concept of personal responsibility and obligation, nor that the call would come so suddenly and there would be so little time between the arrival of the Bridegroom and the closing of the door Dina - she has the oil of service to others Nava- she kept the lamp with her constantly, but she seldom used the lamp because of the constant attention and diligence needed to keep the lamp lit Liraz- the oil in this lamp was prayer, but one drop or two will not keep the lamp burning Jessa- was full of grace, personal conversion and holiness I hope this doesn't spoil it for you, there is so much more to read and ponder in this book. Which virgin am I? Is there anything I need to change?

Review # 2 was written on 2012-02-17 00:00:00 Graeme Jenkins I decided to grab this book at my library after really enjoying her "Love life and See good days". This is a short story about the ten virgins. She gives them each a name, a personality, and just explores the type of women they might have been. She does a great job of having each of them be basically good people. None of them are trying to choose poorly...but they are just not as aware as they should be...they let themselves be distracted. The story includes a shopkeeper that represents Christ and I really loved how he was represented and the part he had in the story. I loved the idea of him giving an individualized oil lamp to each of the women. He knew them each and hoped that they used the gift he had given them and wanted them to come back often for their oil to be replenished. I have always had a special love of this particular parable and now I love it even more!