They advanced in all their strength, with lances and swords: alone I prevailed against a thousand strengths!

Having broken free from his jail cell, Samson searched for his true love, Delilah. He faced many challenges and slew many foes that were determined to stop him. His love for Delilah proved stronger than any sword or lance. No spear was able to slow him down. Many lay dead or dying after encountering Samson while he was desperately searching for his true love.

God, appearing as a vision in the sky shed a solitary tear. Not for all of those killed for she knows that death is not an ending but she cried for Samson. Oh, he was a great man tricked by the one he loved. Delilah was a vixen of deceit and a cunning temptress, bent on his destruction. God’s tear fell to earth and landed on a tomato plant. Weeks later, Delilah ate one of its fruits and became sterile from God’s grief. She died childless, a barren husk of a woman, bitter and lonely in her old age. This is as it should be.

Watercolor and gold on paper. Copyright 2006 by Kelley Vandiver