Stir Crazy

The Haps

30 weeks! We're getting close!

Tara's thirty weeks this week. There's not much else going on, just work and meeting new people at church. We hope to move into the new house in a week-and-a-half, but there aren't any guarantees that it's ours until we close. We can't wait.


Thoughts
Must...move out...of the hotel...


Today's Scripture
2 Samuel 11 (NKJV)
Key verses: (14-15) "...David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. And he wrote in the letter, saying, 'Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck down and die.'"


Reflection
The story of David's affair with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband is familiar to most church-going Bible readers. I had forgotten that David sends the letter containing Uriah's death sentence to Joab by Uriah's own hand. That's just terrible. We don't know for sure, but it seems like the army might not have retreated as David ordered. They may not have even received that order. Joab may be too ashamed of his king to relay it. Instead he uses Uriah's death to get out of hot water when he accidentally gets several of his men killed along with Uriah. Poor Uriah!


I'm glad we find out at the end of this chapter how God feels about this. So often we have to guess about that, in the Bible as well as in life, but we know for sure that at least Uriah's murder displeases God, and we can assume the adultery does, too, since that clearly goes against the laws He laid out through Moses. The story of the poor man and his lamb that Nathan tells David in the next chapter seems to confirm this.


Prayer
Lord, watch over my heart that I may not covet that with which you have blessed someone else. Keep me from adultery, thievery, murder and covetousness all my days. May I always strive to be a man after your own heart. In Jesus' name, amen.


Final Thoughts
There's not much to talk about this week, but we all know it's coming. Stay tuned.