Abigail is one of my Biblical heroes.  She did not stand by and let her husband ridicule the soon-to-be-king David with insults.  She somehow quickly gathered 200 loaves of bread (how in the world did she do that?  There was no Kroger in those days!) and fruit and hurried to meet David and his men before they came to destroy her family in revenge for her husband Nabal’s foolish insults. She was also quite a wordsmith.  The Lord used her to remind David that revenge is the LORD’s, not man’s.  David stopped his intention to kill all of the men … Continue reading 1 Samuel 25-27: One Smart Woman

David’s heart is again laid bare in the words of these psalms, and I find myself feeling such a kinship with him as he struggles with extreme anxiety as Saul relentlessly seeks his head on a platter. Fortunately, I do not have a living, breathing Saul at my heels.  For that I thank Jesus, for his divine protection. It’s educating to see that in the midst of David’s struggles with anxiety, he notices some things about his character that need ironing out, and he asks the Lord to help him overcome these bumps in his character: 3 When my spirit … Continue reading Psalm 56, 120, 140-142

I have read these Psalms composed by David before, but I never understood where they went in the historical timeline…until today! The honesty and raw emotion pours out from his pen — I am amazed that me, a woman living over two thousand years after the time of their writing, can feel what David felt, thanks to his psalms.  It is so encouraging to see that he cried out to the Lord but always came back to what he knew to be truth: God is faithful.  God will save him.  God is his shield, his stronghold, his protection.  And the … Continue reading Psalm 7, 27, 31, 34, 52: David’s Heart

Phew!  These chapters read like a fast-paced basketball game!  Saul is on the hunt for David.  David is on the run.  Someone tells Saul where David’s latest hide-out is, and Saul chases him, only to just miss him.  The one time he almost caught up to him, a messenger came and told him the Philistines were attacking his city, so Saul abandoned his pursuit of David…in the nick of time. I have nightmares sometimes that I am being chased by something bad.  I don’t always know what that bad thing is, but in my dreams whatever IT is, is downright … Continue reading 1 Samuel 21-24:Tired of running