Remembrance

                                                       September 15, 2020

        Everything so far in 2020 has been pretty bad, first the Australian wildfires, then the blizzard in mid-April, then coronavirus, and now hurricanes and wildfires in the states! However, I have found that through this it is better to look at things in a big picture. I have been stressing out lately over every little thing that I didn't do or that needs to be done in a day when I actually should be taking a step back and looking at all of the things that I did do that day. I have to remind myself to not beat myself up over the things that I didn't do but rather I should make myself feel accomplished at the end of the day for what I did do.

         I have been reading through first Samuel so yesterday, September 15, I read 1st Samuel 28. This chapter was talking about Saul the king and how throughout his life God left him because he was not a good king, he was constantly being possessed and going into rages in which he would try and kill David. So after Samuel, (the prophet that was helping Saul) died, Saul freaked out. He had previously banished all witches and sorcerers but there was apparently one left in the kingdom so he went and asked her to bring back Samuel from the dead. Then she freaked out because she realized who he was and she was afraid that he was going to kill her. He told her, it's okay I won't kill you, so then she agreed to raise Samuel from the dead. This is one of the funniest parts of the bible. For me at least. It is when she raises him and she is the only one who can see him from what the bible tells us. So anyway, she says, okay I see an old man wearing a robe. Saul says, yep that's him! I never understood that because there could have been literally thousands of other people wearing robes at that time. 

        To sum it all up Samuel basically tells Saul "why did you wake me up? Why should I help you, God abandoned you? Leave me alone" then Samuel left. Saul then fell over because he hadn't eaten anything that day and he was urged to eat. Then the woman at the house prepared a fattened calf and unleavened bread for them. I think we always overlook this part. Then she prepared a FATTENED CALF, a calf is big and it wasn't pre-butchered it said she butchered and prepared it! Then she made unleavened bread or bread without yeast and served it to them and they left that same night! 

        Just like with everyone in the Bible sometimes we can't feel God there with us but he is there. The Bible can relate to everyday life more than you may think. We need to remember that Bible times were times of war, famine, and slavery, so whenever you are hating 2020 turn to the Bible it will be able to help.