Finding Direction: The Wind Vane Chronicles

If you read Monday’s post, you know that my thinking changed about what I wanted to be posting and sharing with you this week when everyone else is looking back and remembering the perils of Katrina because of some of you wise friends. That’s all that was on TV here all day yesterday, friends, and far into the night last night as well.

I remember, but that is not where I want to dwell. My dwellings are being built both here on earth and in heaven at the same time. I’m working hard and looking forward with great anticipation to living in them both. First the one and then the other which may take longer to complete. I don’t know. But I do know that I intend to follow the precepts expressed by the author above and the authors below.

My title speaks of wisdom. It can be found in the quote above whose author I do not know and it can be found in the words of my blogging friend Danny Sims who left the comment below this morning on my Monday post. He speaks of “hurricane[s] of mistakes,” and don’t we all experience those, and then shares the account of King David who was wise in the ways of God, despite his flawed humanity.

David sets our example for dealing with the rivets of grief I spoke of last time (courtesy of Cary Gillis, our young interim minister) in this life. So, I hope you will read David’s story and take his example to heart in whatever state of life you are in today.

I offer these wise words and cheers & blessings to you all.

Danny Sims:

After a week of fasting and a hurricane of mistakes David had made (that hurt so many people including the death of his son) we read. . .

2 Samual 12:20-23:

Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped.Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate. His servants asked him, “Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!”

He answered, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let the child live.’ But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”