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.
