…the earth splashes song and color across the silent gray.  Spring springs life and helps men remember God.  Which is good - because sometimes we forget.  

Just ask David.

In the spring….

David fastens his gaze to the naked form of a beautiful babe.

You know the story.  David lies with Bathsheba.  Then he lies to everyone else.  

In the spring…

…at the time kings go off to war, David stays home. 

His soldiers are killing bad guys, but David is killing time.  

He’s soaking sun, lathering lotion and tuning the tan.  David is surfing the scenery when he downloads Uriah’s wife.

This is the part where you want to grab David by the shoulders and give him a good shake.

“David, what are are you doing?!  You’re the king for God’s sake!”

But David can’t hear you.  He’s too busy forgetting. He’s distracting himself to defeat.  

His army is winning the battle in the field, but David is losing the battle in his heart. 

There are places kings go and there are things kings do.  And David is forgetting both.

David…  is a lot like us.

We forget that we are born again of royal blood, set apart by God for His glory and fame.  

We forget we are co-heirs with the Risen Christ.

We forget that we are noble…  and we are distracted to defeat.  

Bathshebas don’t float across the screens of men who are busying themselves in battle.

Men who are remembering their sacred calling, who are remembering they are kings.

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