1 Samuel ends on a sad but hopeful note with Saul killed and David waiting in the wings, but even David and the rest of the kings of Judah were preparation for the ideal Messiah King.
In the famous story of Daniel in the lions’ den, we learn about being blameless and see again that God reigns and rescues.
Through a series of mistakes by the disciples, Jesus taught them and us what following him is not.
It’s one thing to say we believe, another to demonstrate it with what we do with our possessions and our abilities.
