Hi,

This is my first attempt at blogging as a way of communicating with you. I decided I should like to once again share some of my favourite bible stories with you beginning with the story of David and Goliath. I hope you will enjoy reading my blogs. Please feel free to make a comment.

                      A PURPOSEFUL LIFE;OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                                 ONE SLING SHOT WILL DO PART I

          

"I, Goliath, am a Philistine from Gath... I am very proud of being a Philistine. Our enemy is the nation of Israel. Their army is a very special army because of the God they serve. Consequently we lost battles against them and stopped going to was against them. However, we decided to go to war against them once again and I was asked to join them for I am a giant.... I believe that just my height will cause the Israeli army to feel defeated.... After all, I am over nine feet tall.... Moreover, my outfit is very impressive... For the iron point of my spear shaft weighs six hundred shekels...I am confident that I can make the Israeli army run from me... Very soon we will have victory over them."... Please read the typed out attachment when the Philistines, one of the enemies of the nation of Israel, decide to use a giant named Goliath, as their instrument to attach the Israeli army....

                   ATTACHMENT OF ONE SLING SHOT WILL DO

                                                       PART I

The Philistines, one of Israel's enemies, decided to attack Israel once again, as you can read in I Samuel 17:1-7

"Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war and assembled at Sucoh in Judah. They pitched tent at Ephes Dammin, between Sucoh and Azekah. Saul and the Israelites assembled and camped in the valley of Elah and drew up their battle line to meet the Philistines. The Philistines occupied one hill and the Isrealites another, with the valley between them. A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. He was over nine feet tall. He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armour of bronze weighing five thousand shekels; on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin was slung on his back. His spear shaft was like a weaver's rod, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. His shield bearer went ahead of him."

The Philistines decided that, in order for them to win the war against the Israelites, they must devise a method by which the army of Israel would not remember they are the army of the God of Israel and would, therefore, not rely on the power of God to help them have the victory. And it seemed the Philistines found the perfect method, or instrument, to make the Israeli army forget they are God's army. That instrument is a giant named Goliath. And he truly is a giant of a man, for he is over nine feet tall.....