SSS* Week #9- The book of Second Samuel opens with the story of an Amalekite who lied to David about Saul’s death. David killed this man for being willing to “destroy the Lord’s anointed” (2 Samuel 1:14). After mourning the deaths of Saul and Jonathan, the Lord told David to go to Hebron. There the tribe of Judah accepted him as their king. Meanwhile, in opposition, Abner, the commander of Saul’s army, decided to make Ish-Bosheth, Saul’s son, king of the remaining tribes of Israel. Here we Continue Reading
I Wept. I Went. I Won.
SSS* Week #8 I walked in one day to find my home in ruins! I wept. I picked up the phone and called a lady I knew to be resourceful. She told me to “trust God.” I was not exactly sure what that meant from a practical stand point. I was given a phone number and an address and told that if I showed up consistently and took full advantage of all that was being offered, I’d get the results I so desperately desired. I went. One day I realized that in the course of time, Continue Reading
Take Your Own Advice
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