I love resourceful people. The ability to make the most of what is at hand to produce something of function and excellence in that function always makes me applaud to their credit. My wife and my brother are two remarkably resourceful people. It’s in hanging around them over recent years that I have really grown […]
Read More Resources at HandBut be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you. Yet if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will perish.” (1 Samuel 12:24-25 NIV) It must have been a very emotional occasion. Samuel wasn’t dying. One of the […]
Read More Sam’s 1st Epic 12 – Samuel’s WarningI admit it. Sometimes I can take life and myself too seriously. There’s an earnestness, a depth, a pondering, something more to what there is, something worth taking for much more than its face value that I feel obliged to uncover with due diligence. In all that something like fun gets derided and sidelined. I […]
Read More Fun with FriendsIn many ways, for King Saul, it was the best of times. Newly acknowledged as King over Israel, he faced his first crisis and this would be crucial in deciding what kind of king he would be. His people under siege to the Ammonite under a threat of great humiliation. Saul’s response to the siege […]
Read More Sam’s 1st Epic 11 – Saul to the RescueI appreciate not everyone can make a note of ideas as it comes to them either handwritten, typed or recorded in an audio format. For some items to make notes on are luxuries they can’t afford. It’s still worth me saying, though, thank you for ideas. Thank you for the ideas you pursue and achieve. […]
Read More Just An Idea … About IdeasSamuel said to all the people, “Do you see the man the Lord has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” Then the people shouted, “Long live the king!” (1 Samuel 10:24 NIV) Chapters 9-11 form a neat trilogy of the rise of the king. Chapter 10 is the truly transformative […]
Read More Sam’s 1st Epic 10 – The Appointment of SaulOne of the things I appreciate about good friends is how they refresh my perspective on a matter. For example, one good friend of mine asked me recently what do I do for a job. I said nothing. He looked at me quizzically and asked me to list the things I did in a day. […]
Read More Escape from Work and Escape for WorkWhen Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke to you! He it is who shall restrain my people.” (1 Samuel 9:17) “We want a king, just like our neighbours!” the people demanded, so God let them have it. In letting them have it, that was not to […]
Read More Sam’s 1st Epic 09 – When Samuel Met SaulIt was a very special service. A woman had come up and shared a powerful testimony of how she was miraculously healed of a seriously debilitating illness that had her on a lot of medication that did little to rid her of the excruciating pain. The testimony was so touching that there was a recognition […]
Read More Healing HeartbreakBut the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us. Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.” (1 Samuel 8:19-20 NIV) Samuel took it personally. After years of his wise […]
Read More Sam’s 1st Epic 08 – Rejecting the King
