"Poems, Prayers and Promises" Would Make a Good David Psalm

II Samuel 22-24

A poem, David’s last words, the mighty men, a final sin and an altar build wrap up II Samuel.

There is great comfort in the fact that at the end of David’s life he builds an altar.   David is dragging himself into eternity scarred, weary and heart strapped.  He has lost sons, wives, kingdoms, brothers, he’s murdered, slept around killed with his bare hands and the Godliness of his youth is all but a memory.  But one thing David knows and clings to with all his life, God hasn’t forgotten or abandoned him.  Many of us are now beginning our own turn toward eternity; we’ve lived on this earth longer than we’re going to live on it.  I’m sitting in a rocking chair over looking the Great Smoky Mountains.  Morning is dark and heavy laden with rain.   The mountains are filled with ancient time assuring me that they have been here since Eden and reminding me that God will never forget or abandon us either.  I am smiling.  It’s a good day to build an altar.