Wednesday March 25, 2009 CONSEQUENCES CONTINUE
After this, David's son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David's son Absalom. "No," she told him, "don't rape me! That shouldn't be done in Israel. Don't do this godless act! Where could I go in my disgrace? And you will be considered one of the godless fools in Israel! Speak to the king. He won't refuse your request to marry me." But Amnon wouldn't listen to her. He grabbed his sister and raped her. Now, Amnon developed an intense hatred for her. His hatred for her was greater than the lust he had felt for her. "Get out of here," he told her. 2 Samuel 13:1, 12-15 And people think reading the Bible is boring! Talk about skeletons in a closet - King David had his. Well, I guess he didn't, this is public record. It's a shame isn't it? Blended families have trouble. Granted David divorced no one, he didn't have to, he just married whomever he elected or whoever was given to him, but the children, well, they had different mothers. Unfortunately, too many of us skip over these tragedies in God's Word about siblings and their feuds. I sincerely think God left them there for us to learn that too many times in blended families sad, horrible things like this happen. This is definitely a consequence of sin and is one of the "generational curses" Satan loves attaching to us when we fail. David's sin was forgiven, but the consequences of his sin remained a part of his life until he died. He had to suffer this tragedy and he didn't handle it too well. As a matter of fact - he ignored it altogether. Justice was not sought. No discipline was ordered. (Maybe he had a hard time because it resembled his sin so closely.) As a result, his relationships with his children were broken and he lost two sons. Absalom killed Amnon, Absalom ran from the country, eventually came back and tried to turn the people against his father. Eventually, King David's right hand man killed Absalom and David grieved. He never dealt with it. Fortunately, most of us today deal with our children's wrongdoing don't we? Or do we? Some of us try, but too often we don't know where to turn for help. As the Body of Christ, we need to let people know that we are available to support people who face such horrible crisis' in their lives. Our family faced a similar crisis once and the way it was handled? We were asked to leave the church. Life is hard, but God is good. Father, I thank You again for the tragic life of King David. I don't understand why he never dealt with things and was still blessed. Well, I guess it was a preview of grace too. Thank You for grace. ******************************************* O. Addison Gethers e-mail address : [email protected] or [email protected] window live messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
