A Man Like David

There are people out there that you ache to help. You see them in pain and every fiber of your being screams out to help them, but you want to help in the perfect way. You want them to be uplifted and see God's glory. That's how I feel about people who were once close to God but can't bring themselves to reconcile with Him again. People who blame God for things and people who see God as punishing and cruel. I can tell you I don't know what God has in store but I'm positive his ways are higher. He knows what is for good and he can make the bad decisions of leaders have made into blessings. In the bible David is a man after God's own heart but he falters. He lusts after Bathsheba and sleeps with her. In the end she gets pregnant so David tries to cover up his wrongs. David gets one of his servants to call her husband Uriah so that maybe he will sleep with his wife and nobody with know what he's done. But Uriah is honorable and tells David that if none of the men on the battle field get to come home to their wives then he won't either, even when David gets him drunk! Eventually David orders him dead, He Murders Uriah. Tell me that was in God's plan. God is so angry with David, in the end the child from that adulterous affair is taken away from David. But what about Bathsheba? She had to endure being raped and then having her husband murdered. How could a God do something like that? He didn't. Sin is in the world. God does not make people do evil things for he is a good God. But to Bathsheba he gave the line to Jesus. Written in Matthew is the line to David where Bathsheba is mentioned. Bathsheba gave birth to Solomon, the wisest man alive! More women with shady backgrounds were mentioned are glorified through this line to Jesus. Don't let the sins of others turn you away from God. People who are respected, like David a King and Prophet, fall prey to sin as well. God does not condone the sinful natures of others. Satan is blocking your way to Christ by his works in a man like David. God is reaching for you and all he wants is you. The only way to get you past this pain is by going to him!