And then, imagine it from her point of view:

seven lifetimes of love, regret, loss, laughter.

Seven lifetimes of abuse – pray not.

Seven lifetimes of blessing, despite the woes,

hope despite it all. Seven lifetimes and here,

in eternity, she was no one’s to own:

the richest woman with lifetimes to spare

in a sky-blue heaven, the angels attendants,

white cloud gown, bridegroom waiting

since before the lifetime of earth for this

glorious consummation

Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and asked him a question, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. Now there were seven brothers; the first married, and died childless; then the second and the third married her, and so in the same way all seven died childless. Finally the woman also died. In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had married her.” – Luke 20:27-38