Love bears all things,
believes all things, hopes all things... 1 Corinthians 13:7 (ESV)
After hearing her husbands story about
his run in with Bernadette and her story about Giant June bugs, Daisy
felt inspired to write one of her poems. As she strolled through the
park she kept muttering possible lines and rhymes to herself but once
and a while she said things out loud and people would look at her
funny. On one of those times she blurted out “Giant June Bugs”
and someone she knew heard her.
“Giant June Bugs!!!” Martha called
out, “Not you too!!!” “Well, hi Martha.” Daisy said as she
looked up, “Beautiful day for a stroll in the park.” “Were you
just talking about Giant June Bugs?” Martha asked. “The ones that
are the size of a moose?” Daisy asked in return. “I thought so.”
Martha said, “You were talking about them.”
“Well, yeah, I was just talking
about them.” Daisy said, “I'm working on writing a poem about
them.” “I take it you’ve been talking to Harold?” Martha sort
of asked. “No.” Daisy said shaking her head, “I haven’t seen
Harold for quite some time. I heard about Giant June Bugs from my
husband who heard about them from Bernadette.”
“From Bernadette?” Martha said in
surprise. “Yeah,” Daisy replied. “Randy said She was convinced
that they would come and destroy us if we planted a garden.” “So,
she's the one behind all this!” Martha injected. “Actually no.”
Daisy continued, “Randy said “Harold told her about them. I
presume he was the one that made them up.”
“Your probably right on that.”
Martha said. “He has been using them to keep from planting our
garden.” “But I thought Harold liked food.” Daisy said a bit
puzzled. “He does.” Martha affirmed, “But have you ever known
Harold to like work.” “Now that you mention it.” Daisy said
shaking her head. “No!”
“He’s been telling everybody that
Giant June Bugs will come and attack us if he plants the garden.”
Martha said, “I’m beginning to believe that child is a hopeless
case. I keep hoping for the best and getting the, the, well what
ever is worse than the worse.” “Sounds like our Harold.” Daisy
laughed, “Have you ever thought of fighting fire with fire?”
“But he hasn’t started any fires,
at least not yet.” Martha said a bit puzzled as to what Martha
meant. “Not a real fire!” Daisy laughed, “I mean, if he won’t
plant because of Giant June Bugs maybe you could tell him about the
Red Ringers that will come if he doesn’t plant the garden.” “What
are Red Ringers?” Martha asked, still a bit puzzled.
“Nothing,” Daisy said with a
smile, “But with Harold’s imagination it just might get him
planting.” “I get you now.” Martha grinned, “Maybe there’s
hope yet. Well, I better get going. I've got some Red Ringer Rumors
to spread.”
Psalm 39:7 reads - And now, O Lord,
for what do I wait? My hope is in you. (ESV) This Psalm, this
verse, was written by King David, who according to the Bible was a
man after God's own heart. And when he had removed him, he raised
up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, 'I have
found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all
my will.' Acts 13:22 (ESV) Even though David was a man after
God's own heart, he was still human and like us, he made mistakes. In
2 Samuel we read of some of those mistakes in a familiar story
starting in the 11th chapter.(ESV)
In the spring of the year, the time
when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with
him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged
Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. It happened, late one
afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the
roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing;
and the woman was very beautiful. And David sent and inquired about
the woman. And one said, "Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of
Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?" So David sent messengers
and took her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. Then she
returned to her house. And the woman conceived, and she sent and told
David, "I am pregnant." … David wrote a letter to Joab
and sent it by the hand of Uriah. In the letter he wrote, "Set
Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back
from him, that he may be struck down, and die." And as Joab was
besieging the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew
there were valiant men. And the men of the city came out and fought
with Joab, and some of the servants of David among the people fell.
Uriah the Hittite also died. … When the wife of Uriah heard that
Uriah her husband was dead, she lamented over her husband. And when
the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and
she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had
done displeased the LORD. … And the LORD sent Nathan to David. …
David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." And
Nathan said to David, "The LORD also has put away your sin; you
shall not die. Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly
scorned the LORD, the child who is born to you shall die." Then
Nathan went to his house. And the LORD afflicted the child that
Uriah's wife bore to David, and he became sick. David therefore
sought God on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and
lay all night on the ground. And the elders of his house stood beside
him, to raise him from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat
food with them. On the seventh day the child died. And the servants
of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they
said, "Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him,
and he did not listen to us. How then can we say to him the child is
dead? He may do himself some harm." But when David saw that his
servants were whispering together, David understood that the child
was dead. And David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?"
They said, "He is dead." Then David arose from the earth
and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went
into the house of the LORD and worshiped. He then went to his own
house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate. Then
his servants said to him, "What is this thing that you have
done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive; but when
the child died, you arose and ate food." He said, "While
the child was still alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, 'Who knows
whether the LORD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?'
But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I
shall go to him, but he will not return to me."
Love hopes all things. David loved his
child, David loved God, David held on to hope in hoping that God
would change His mind and spare the child. Hope can keep us going
when things look impossible, hope can keep us looking for the best
when nothing good can be seen
Here's Something To Ponder
- Do you easily give up on others when things seem impossible?
- When other have hope in you do you let them down?
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