SSS* Week #7 I am known to jokingly ask a friend to please record, save, and be prepared to repeat back to me the advice that is about to spew out of my mouth. Chances are, I will one day need to take and apply the advice I am sharing with them to my own situation. Looks like David can relate. He had an opportunity to destroy Saul as he stood alone and vulnerable in a cave. Instead, David decided to only cut off a piece of his robe because he was determined to not use force to get the Continue Reading
What’s In It For Me?
SSS* Week #6 The events of Spending the Summer In Samuel are beginning to add up. We’ve gone from the miraculous birth of Hannah’s baby boy to the growing fury of King Saul. What I love most about the countless major moments in scripture is all that is in it for me. As we read through these passages, we can ask ourselves, “What lesson can I learn from these events?” “What encouragement is here that can get me going as I deal with my own situation?” “In what way is this passage Continue Reading
“Boy . . . Bye!”
(SSS* Week 5) David defeated the champion Goliath with a sling and a stone. Then, thanks to Jonathan’s loyalty, his own quickness, his wife Michal’s fidelity, and Samuel’s protection, he managed to escape King Saul’s attempts to murder him four times! Prior to these two significant events in the life of David, we are told of yet another character building interaction. David was sent by his father Jesse to see how his brothers were doing. Once he reached their camp, he heard for himself Continue Reading