Scripture: 2nd Samuel 11:26-27
When the wife of Uriah heard that her husband was dead, she made lamentation for him. When the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord,
Thought for the Day: I’ve always loved the often humorous words of Winston Churchill. In one of his well known statements, he said, “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” The victors and the powerful are usually the ones to write history, though no surprise when the history is not entirely accurate. Often the weak and marginalized are written out of history all together. The scriptures have some of that, but quite often there is an honesty about the powerful heroes that offers a surprising insight. In fact, such honesty would have gotten some historians a prison sentence or worse. King David was an amazing leader, but like all of us, he had faults… and not only did he have faults, but he acted upon them on more than one occasion. We cannot dismiss his mistakes and sinful choices, for they dramatically affected the lives of so many. There is no way of justifying or sugarcoating some of the things he did, yet once again, it shows that a human is never beyond redemption.
Prayer: Thank you, God, for providing amazing examples of failure, redemption and healing. I need to hear those stories for I have my own set of faults. Amen.
TOMORROW’S WORSHIP
