{"id":2410,"date":"2014-03-23T00:03:40","date_gmt":"2014-03-23T04:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/?p=2410"},"modified":"2014-03-17T15:50:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T19:50:13","slug":"sunday-brunch-david-and-goliath-from-the-blog-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/sunday-brunch-david-and-goliath-from-the-blog-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Brunch – David And Goliath – From The Blog Archives!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a repeat of an old blog post:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I was reading the story of David and Goliath to my five-year-old son a couple of days ago. When I was finished, I thought: something\u2019s missing.<\/em> It clicked that I was reading the children\u2019s version. Since the Old Testament can be brutal, we must sanitize children\u2019s Bible school stories so that we don\u2019t traumatize our youngsters.<\/p>\n

After my son went to bed, I got my Bible out and read the story of David and Goliath. David cuts off Goliath\u2019s head with a sword<\/strong>\u2026how sharp that sword must\u2019ve been to sever Goliath\u2019s head! It sounds so bloody and brutal. Plus, in the Bible I was reading it kept referring to David as being a boy\u2026I wondered how old he was? Around fifteen or sixteen, maybe? Then, I kept thinking of David walking around holding Goliath\u2019s severed head in his hand\u2026<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the point to this blog post? I\u2019m not sure! I know I keep thinking about this story and I have no idea why. Maybe because when people talk about it, they don\u2019t recall the brutality of what happened. The Lord was with David and gave this youngster the power to overcome this giant whom everybody feared, but, it was so grotesque and bloody\u2026I don\u2019t think people recall that part of the story too much. I\u2019m not sure when kids will be old enough to know the full story of David and Goliath\u2026How old do you think kids should be before they hear the full story of David and Goliath?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve copied and pasted a few verses from 1 Samuel chapter 17 below.<\/p>\n

~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

1 Samuel 17: 48 So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David. 51 Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it.
\nAnd when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled\u2026. 54 And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.
\n55 When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, \u201cAbner, whose son is this youth?\u201d
\nAnd Abner said, \u201cAs your soul lives, O king, I do not know.\u201d
\n56 So the king said, \u201cInquire whose son this young man is.\u201d
\n57 Then, as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. 58 And Saul said to him, \u201cWhose son are you, young man?\u201d
\nSo David answered, \u201cI am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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