I like the story of King David in 1 & 2 Samuel, of how he became and was a "man after God's own heart". In particular, I enjoyed the lesson learnt from 2 Samuel 12.
The Prophet, Nathan came along to rebuke King David but he started off with a story that basically is talking about the king, except not nominally. King David easily pointed out the wrong-doer in the story and becomes so worked up about the evil guy. Then, when he realizes that he himself is the said bad guy, he asks for forgiveness from God.
The lesson behind the story would be that of how most of the judgments that we make and bad things that we make about ppl usually seems to be present in our own self. Whenever we start thinking of how inappropriate someone else's action/attitude is, I think it calls for a moment of self-reflection.
Forgive me, I have sinned.
The Prophet, Nathan came along to rebuke King David but he started off with a story that basically is talking about the king, except not nominally. King David easily pointed out the wrong-doer in the story and becomes so worked up about the evil guy. Then, when he realizes that he himself is the said bad guy, he asks for forgiveness from God.
The lesson behind the story would be that of how most of the judgments that we make and bad things that we make about ppl usually seems to be present in our own self. Whenever we start thinking of how inappropriate someone else's action/attitude is, I think it calls for a moment of self-reflection.
Forgive me, I have sinned.
"To feel the worth of the anchor, we need to feel the stress of the storm"
~The Daily Bread
April 21, 2009
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