He might have

After I Samuel 24:1-12 

He might have ended

the push me – pull you

condition, the constant

fear, the constant

hardship of his life

on the run. The love-hate

hate-love relationship

could have stopped,

could have been

stopped, right there

at that moment, 

the threat removed, 

the fear expelled,

the hardship ended.

He might have done

all that in the darkness

of the cave. Instead, he 

held himself and his men

in check, and acted

in another way, the way

he should have, the way

he knew his God would

honor.

 

Photograph by Mario Álvarez via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Sunday Readings

 

Six Reasons for the Virgin Birth – Mitch Chase at Biblical Theology.

 

Christmas and the Common Birth by Anne Ridler – Malcolm Guite.

 

Ghosts of Christmas: What the Damned Might Say – Greg Morse at Desiring God.

 

Shepherd Feet – Susan Lafferty.

 

My Winter Walks in the City – Spitalfields Life.