.... have 48 hours in a day please.
Oh, the above photo is of Michele and Mum on a tram on the day we went to the Victoria Markets. You can see Catherine. Mum is wearing her I think. We went to the Vic Markets to get bread and goodies for our house. Steph wanted some wall hangings, dresses and, would you believe, sourdough bread. Yes, a one hour trip in the car, plus 1/2 hour in the tram, just to buy bread. Actually we went there "coz". Coz we could. There are markets all over Melbourne. Victoria Markets is just one of them. Most have fresh food produce. In fact that's what they specialise in. We have also been to the Preston Markets. Each market usually specialises in a particular commodity. The Vic is clothing. Preston is food and kitchen stuff. Adelaide in South Australia also has an excellent market. Lots of yummy goodies there. Not recommended if one is on a diet.
These are the other Markets we have yet to get to. We want to go to South Melbourne, Parhran and Springvale Markets.
Today's Bible reading from St Luke's is 1 Samuel 21 and 22.
Here we see what happens when one stops relying on God for their safety. David makes a very costly mistake here in verse 1 of chapter 21. A mistake that is to cost a man and most of his family their lives. Yes, some things we do have a great cost, not always to ourselves. As we progress on we see that Saul's madness knows no end. His jealousy and hatred of David continues to grow. However, the main person in these two chapters is David. Now most folks I know think David is great. Not I. I actually find him a little depressing. In this these two chapters he leans not on God, but on his own understanding and ability. He goes through all sorts of gymnastics to save his own skin. I might add, so do we. The flesh, that old man, will do anything to preserve itself. What is God's purpose in this? What is God trying to show David? Maybe that David needs to die to his own efforts and rely on the very One who had taken care of his before. The One Who was able to help him to slay a Philistine. Why is this for me difficult? Maybe because their is a little of me in what I see with David? What is the outcome of these two chapters? David makes a prize fool of himself on more than one occasion and a priest is killed. Was God glorified? Not that I can see. OK, lets go a hunting. What's God's purpose in all this? The Making of a Man of God, that's what. It is not until we reach the end of ourselves and our own self effort that we will be what He wants us to be. That will be painful. It will be costly. Others will get hurt. But at the end, we will be what He wants us to be. The question is: Will we surrender? Has David? Not yet in this story!
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