weakness

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    When I am weak…

    Have you ever heard a king, president, prime minister, or any other leader of a nation say, “I am just so weak and feel incapable to rule?”  Part of my daily routine is listening to portions of the Bible read aloud. The other day, as I was half-listening to 2 Samuel chapter 3, one verse pierced through like a clear voice: “And today, though I am anointed king, I am weak…”  At the beginning of 2 Samuel, David is just becoming the king of the relatively new nation of Israel after much turmoil with the first king, Saul (such as Saul repeatedly attempting to hunt down and kill David). The chapter begins by explaining, “The war between the house of Saul…

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