Lessons from Women in Jesus' Family Tree

It is important who your mother is. Matthew does something unusual in his genealogy of Jesus. He mentions women- 4 before Mary the mother of Jesus. This message looks at Ruth and the wife of Uriah. There are a number of lessons that can be drawn from the stories of these women ancestors of Jesus and the sons born of them.
Consider the 4 women: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth and the wife of Uriah. What do they have in common and what can we learn from their placement in Jesus' family line?