Today we revisited the story of Samson’s wife from Judges 13-15. This time we compared our takeaways from last week with testimonials from our own lives, and talked about how we have seen God use heinous actsΒ perpetrated against us,Β or our disappointments, orΒ devastations to help someone else.
For each one of us, it was the thing we least expected God to do.Β And mostly that was because we never imagined that God would not somehow intervene–even if in the eleventh hour–even if as by fire, to save us from rape, childhood sexual abuse, family abandonment, emotional and psychological misuse, debilitating illness, or rampant sin, period.
And this was from our group alone.
I’ll bet that if we add to the mixΒ the disturbing stories of Dinah’s rape in Genesis 34, or the two miserable wives of Elkanah in I Samuel 1, or ofΒ the woman who is cut up into twelve pieces and sent to each of the tribes of Israel,Β you, tooΒ would be up in arms.
Are we to hear stories like these and just go about our daily business? Or should we beg God for an understanding of these stories, those situations, or of HIM that would land us in a song rather than in a scream?
Does God care about the hurt or devastation of a woman? What can we possibly gain from the hearing of these stories?
And what’s your story?
Although I grew up in Florida winter is deilfiteny my favorite season. I love the view of a snowy mountain from the comfort of my couch – by my wood burning stove, of course.I LOVED Walk on the Wild Side! FABULOUS read.
apr22 Oggi vedo che ΓΒ¨ stata na giornata dura per tutti, comunque la gente cosΓΒ¬ ΓΒ¨ un pigliainculo che non se ne ha mica idea…sto male, ho mal di testa, covo influenza, ce mancano i cojoni…
Hi Armstrong Family! Just caught up on your blog and all of your exciting adventures:). We are so glad that Grace’s adoption has gone smoothly. We’ve been thinking of your family and Katie was asking about meeting Grace the other day. Sounds like you will be home soon. We look forward to seeing you and meeting Grace. Safe Travels. Tami Bunn (and Family)
Max and Stacey, Congratulations on your commitment to co-operate with each other. Keep having fun!Great interview with Gerald Celente. Sorry about the Nehru coat and beads comment, it under cut Gerald’s most important Trend; the truth is, we are all in this together; and we are waking up to it. Thanks again so much for your excellent show!
I may not post much, but I’m always reading and always around.((((HUGS))))This latest post may give you a little peace for a while…..Nicole recently posted..
These pictures were like looking into my soul, my own china hutches and kitchen…I couldn’t believe it! ( I still have doors on my cabinets though its pretty dusty here.. in central Washington) I had to repent, because I actually loved dishes too much and collected far too many, but adopting our 2 children has since slowed my collecting….. yes,oh yes, Old Country Roses, Johnson brothers, Rose Chintz, Lady Carlysle ( Royal Albert ) Blue & Red spode…my heart is already palpitating!
Your posting is absolutely on the point!
This site is like a classroom, except I don’t hate it. lol
This makes everything so completely painless.
With havin so much written content do you ever run into any problems of plagorism or copyright violation? My website has a lot of unique content I’ve either created myself or outsourced but it looks like a lot of it is popping it up all over the web without my agreement. Do you know any solutions to help protect against content from being ripped off? I’d really appreciate it.
That’s a genuinely impressive answer.
Those are just too stinking cute!!! Love Hobby Lobby! I made some amazing cookies today for a swap that I bet you would love and would probably be perfect for your next Bunco get together.
I guess the haunted house would be better if it were done better, you know? There's no rhyme or reason to any of it, and it just looks like a big ol' mess. The wall thing is always crooked, and it needs some TLC. You can't walk through it, just admire it. I'm gonna have to agree with you that it COULD be cool, but it's sooo not. It's just cheesy. π
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