Week 13. March 29. Bound securely in the Lord's treasure pouch.

Week 13.  We have been reading about David this week.  Some familiar stories and some surprises. 

I wonder why the writer of 1 & 2 Samuel does not mention more about David’s writings.  After all, most of the Psalms were written by David.  I wonder…when did he write them?  Did he write them all his life as things were happening, or did he write them later in life as we was writing is memoirs?  Did he write them all on little scraps and keep them in a secret place?  Or did he “journal” a little bit every day? 

Also, I can’t help but wonder why it was OK for David to go out to besiege neighbors.  And why sometimes they killed every living thing and took no plunder, and other times they took some of the people or animals, and sometimes they took some of the plunder. 

Also, why was it OK for them to have so many wives? 

Kinda hard to understand.

I found a verse that I really liked this week.  I Samuel 25: 29.  …”Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life …you are…bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God”…so I looked it up in New Living Translation: “your life is safe in the care of the Lord your God, secure in His treasure pouch”  What a neat thought! 

We are entering the Passion Week before Easter…and the Lord has bound us securely in his treasure pouch.  I wonder if Jesus thought of that scripture as he faced his accusers.