Deep Calls

I have never, not ever, not once .   .   .   n e v e r .  .  .  heard a sermon on the next passage of scripture.  You didn't learn it in Sunday School ... again    n e v e r   seen a Sunday School curriculum include this story. Yet I think it may be one of my favorite Bible stories ever. Curious? Let me include it in-total: 1 Sam 19:18-24                      When David had fled and made his escape, he went to Samuel                    at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and                    Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there. Word came to Saul:           ...

OK...I agree ~ That is one of the cheesiest titles ... well .... certainly in a long time. But -- I will bet that you are asking yourself (if you have been reading this series since the Ruth beginning) What do dodecahedrons have to do with David? And...yes...that is a pretty cheesy tongue-twister ~ sorry (sort-of) OK...WHAT am I talking about? and while we are asking                  WHAT is a dodecahedron ?                                                                                    ...

So, you know the story: David kills Goliath. David           ~ the youngest son, the one Eliab (David's oldest brother) hated and abhorred ~ does what the rest of the entire army of Israel (yes, including King Saul) will not do: he takes on Goliath and kills him by hitting him in the center of his forehead with a rock from a sling. Then, adding insult to injury David takes Goliath's sword and cuts off Goliath's head. . .and carries it around for a while. Mental picture: really yucky!! Yeah! It is a great story ... so great the it is metaphor for the victory of the "little guy". So -- by the by -- did you notice that God seems to have "a thing" for the youngest son, especially youngest sons who have a really bad relationship with their older brothers? Jacob...Joseph...and now David. Hmmmmm. .  . interesting, don't you think? but that is not what I want to write about. I am caught by the reactions. The nex...