Revision: David and Goliath

I'm sure you've had some laughs with this picture. I'm also sure you know what it represents. Just in case you don't, it represents David and Goliath (David being the little kid, and Goliath being the big sumo wrestler). Now that we've established that, lets get to the story.

Samuel has been by far my favorite book in the Bible. It is very easy to understand and I've heard it before.

The story of David and Goliath starts with a giant called Goliath. He comes to the city where David lives and says in a strong voice: “Choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.” (1 Samuel 17:8-9). I know it may seem very cocky of Goliath to say this, and it was, but when you're that big, strong, and powerful, it's hard to be modest (I know from experience! hahaha). Nevertheless I think it was very brave of Goliath to make such an entrance. Maybe he wasn't the only giant in the city and he could've found an equal match, so on that part I award Goliath 1 point.

David, a brave youngster, was just a small boy with a big heart (how many times have you heard that?). I say he was brave and had a big heart because regardless of his size, and of Goliath's size, he was the only one to stand up to him. It wasn't pure courage which enabled David to fight and defeat Goliath, it was Faith. Faith is capitalized not only because it is the first word of a sentence, I capitalized it because Faith is not a thing, it is a feeling. It enables you to do extraordinary things, a feeling that takes fear away, and makes you reach for the stars.

"So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David."(17:50) After performing this heroic task, Saul, a man who used to be a dear friend of his, betrays him and suddenly wants to kill him! Again I must say, the Bible is unfair. Why would someone who defended his country be killed? Those are the things I don't understand. I guess Saul was jealous and didn't want David to be famous. I guess Saul would've preferred to be remembered instead of David. Nevertheless, you don't do that to a friend.

I think it sucks that stupid Saul makes David do things that he knows are impossible, even if David gets through them with God's help. I think that Saul is mean and I can't believe a good person like David would be friends with him.

After Saul dies (in a weird way), I was extremely happy, but what amazed me the most was that David cried for him. I'm sorry I'm not very sentimental and all, but I find that very stupid. I would be happy that he was dead and no longer persecuting me. I guess I just don't understand Bible stories.

In the second book of Samuel until chapter 2 all I heard was: FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, hence, my title.

These Books of Samuel are interesting and extremely fun to read; I really hope more of these come along!