2 Samuel 18:19-33, Psalm 64:1-10, 70:1-5, 84:1-12, 141:1-10, 143:1-12, 2 Samuel 19:1-43

In spite of everything - David loved his son Absalom.  One of my favorite singer song writers is Pierce Pettis. He wrote a song called 'Absalom, Absalom'

Come and spear me with the branches of that tree
Hyssoped it to innocent blood to make me clean
Let an old man's broken bones once more rejoice
Oh Absalom, you were my little boy

Absalom, Absalom
My son, my son, my son
Caught in the tangles of deceit
Hanging lifeless from that tree

Absalom, Absalom
My son, my son, my son
Caught in the tangles of your hair
Fruit of my own sins to bear
Oh Absalom

Your were the laughing boy who danced upon my knee
You learned to play the harp and use the shepherd's sling
Always watching, my impressionable son
Oh, Absalom, what have I done?

You were watching when I took a good man's wife
Gave the order for his murder just to cover up the crime
All the vanity, cruel arrogance in me
Oh Absalom, you learned it all from me
(Pierce Pettis)

Psalm 64 and 70 are cries for safety. 84 is full of praise and ends with this:

84:12 O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you. 

 

I will be honest and admit that I do not trust God right now. I don't trust him not to hurt me. Not to let my heart shatter again.  so - does this mean I am not blessed either?  

David is pleading with God to save him. To rescue him. How often do we do that as well?  In the last passage, David is receiving the armies back and reconciling with the ones he has fought against.