Provision 2

After 1 Samuel 21:1-22:5 

He finds himself

without a weapon,

without a sword

to defend himself,

his only option

the sword of Goliath,

kept as a relic,

a testament 

of the Lord’s protection

and provision, providing

the boy with the slingshot

to topple the giant. Now

that boy needs provision

of defense, and the Lord

once again provides. It’s

a certain justice that

the Lord provides 

the sword won by the boy

to the man who requires it,

as if the day and the need

were foreseen.

 

Photograph by Arthur Kerkhoff via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Sunday Readings

 

Vespers – Brian Miller at Notes from an East Tennessee Farmer.

 

Pray for the persecuted Christian church – Rachel Paulose at The Spectator.

 

The Hospitality of Remembering Someone – Kim Barnes at CDM Women’s Ministry.