second samuel.

--personal thoughts--
oh i love you so much, friends who are studying with me. just wanting to be transparent (always) and real and tell you of my day/weekend. so i sit here on my bed...imaginary toothpicks holding my eyes open. just slid the silence alarm button off cause i needed a quick nap before getting on here to write. (i used to always do this on assignments-due-night/sundays/brings back not-to-far-away memories of online classes)  the weekend was full-very full-and i am a bit whipped.  but i soooo want to stay committed to this and to keep my word and to follow through.

--old testament understanding--
so it's very near midnight and tomorrow is early but want to start some thoughts on second samuel and complete blogging this wonderful book tomorrow.  so i will focus on david and dancing and the michal incident for the evening. chapter 6...i'm sure you've heard the old worship song "i'll become even more undignified than this...." referring to the david-dancing....  he is completely and obliviously unconcerned with her (michal-his wife's) care of the supposed critics watching him dance.  "'it was before the Lord...i will celebrate before the Lord." and in NASB, "i will be more lightly esteemed than this and will be humble in my own eyes...." (italics mine). michal was david's wife and "had no child to the day of her death" which was disgrace to her.  her pride cost her til the "day of her death." and david's humility shines brightly.

ohhhh i want to be conscious of Jesus. conscious of worship before Him without people-observing concerns.  without people-observing concerns.  this was david and why he was chosen as king.  he saw God. and reverenced Him. and reverenced the ark-His treasure. and danced before Him with abandon.

i want to love like this and to be prideless.  pride wounds and hurts and leads to sometimes lifelong consequence as with michal.  her pride and foolish tongue cost her.  and the white and black...light and dark...humility and pride contrast between david and michal is vivid.  

lots more tomorrow...in this worship-humility, i want to be like david.

you are loved.