Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was unwilling to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the guest who had come to him, but he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.
It used to eat of his morsel and drink from his cup and lie in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him. And he brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children. The rich man had very many flocks and herds, but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor. These few words are uttered by David during the height of his reign as king, after the following story is related to him: If one did, they’d find analysis after analysis on fighting techniques, magic, whatever it took to be a hero. A lesser amount of villagers (though still many) knew about his journaling habits, though not many had gained access to a gander at their textual contents. However, as a historical account, it is easy to miss the emotion and the import of key events.īuried in the middle of a paragraph are a handful of words which I think represent David’s most heroic moment. Those books were usually about one thing: the heroes of lore. The narrative in no way glosses over these failures, which is a big part of what makes the history so compelling.
His passion is his strength and his downfall. David is, like just about every significant person recorded in the Bible, all too human.
Over the last few months, I have been listening to Charles Swindoll’s book David, A Man of Passion and Destiny, on my bike commutes, and it has been an illuminating experience.
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