A sword in Gath

After 1 Samuel 21:10-15 

He flees to Gath,

seeking from one king

protection from his own, 

except this refuge is

the house of the giant

he slew, the giant

felled by a slingshot. And

here he is, the boy of the

slingshot, carrying 

the sword of the giant.

The king wasn’t stupid; 

the sword was known

not only for the hand

that first wielded it,

not only for the boy

who felled the giant,

but also as a threat,

implied, that the boy

with the slingshot

was now the man

with the giant’s sword.

 

Photograph by Ricardo Cruz via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Friday Readings

 

What do Miniature Codices Tell Us About Early Christianity? #3 – Michael Kruger at Canon Fodder.

 

Quelle Surprise: Le Quiet Revival! – Stephen McAlpine.

 

“The Duteous Day Now Closeth,” hymn by Paul Gerhardt – Anthony Esolen and Word & Song.

 

The Loneliness of Being Rejected – Seth Lewis.