A Tale of Three Kings...

I just finished reading this book called, "A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokenness",  Gene Edwards. It's a really great, super easy read, with just over 100 pages. It's one of those books you just read all at once because you can't put it down. I wanted to share a passage with you that resonated with me, well the whole book did that, but I can't blog the whole book now! Lol!

To set it up for you, the book focuses on 3 men in the bible; Saul, David, and Absalom. This particular part takes place during the time while Saul was King and David had to flee from the kingdom into the caves to hide from Saul. This was a pivotal, challenging, and desperate time in his life. He could have easily given up, thrown in the towel, and just quit, leaving behind the destiny he didn't even realize he would soon walk into.

     "Caves are not the ideal place for morale building. There is a certain sameness to them all, no matter how many you have lived in. Dark. Wet. Cold. Stale. A cave becomes even worse when you are its sole inhabitant...and in the distance you can hear the dogs baying.

     But sometimes, when the dogs and hunters were not near, the hunted sang. He started low, then lifted his voice and sang the song the little lamb had taught him. The cavern walls echoed each note just as the mountains had once done. The music rolled down into deep cavern darkness that soon became an echoing choir singing back to him. 

     He had less now than when he was a shepherd, for now he had no lyre, no sun, not even the company of sheep. The memories of the court had faded. David's greatest ambition now reached no higher than a shepherd's staff. EVERYTHING was being crushed out of him.

     He sang a great deal.

     And matched each note with a tear.

     How strange, is it not, what suffering begets?

     There in those caves, drowned in the sorrow of his song and in the song of his sorrow, David became the greatest hymn writer and the greatest comforter of broken hearts this world shall ever know."

This really moved me! How many of you have experienced Cave Dwelling? How many are dwelling in the Caverns now? Whatever you are facing, be it mountains, storms, valleys, wildernesses, or caverns, remember what suffering begets! God always has a plan. For David, God was humbling him, strengthening him, birthing wisdom within him, all through his sufferings, turning him into a mighty king. A king who established Worship in the Tabernacle, a king and a man after God's own heart. Suffering, if you allow it to have it's work, can and will beget a person who is close to God's very heart and produce within you the greatness you were always destined to walk in.

That's all for now! FYI, feel free to post any thoughts or comments or adds to any of my blog posts. I read every one and would love to hear from YOU!

Until next time,

Christina

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