(credit: Varsha Salome)
Siesta in the time of war!
I was in the habit of taking a walk on the roof of the guest house where I stayed before a message arrived asking me to refrain. The reason: one could look through the windows of the houses around. This was in Kabul, so I needed no reminder! Take the case of King David. As though remaining in Jerusalem wasn’t bad enough when he should have been at war, he treated himself to a siesta; and then he took a walk on the roof of the palace and looked around. Therein lay the seeds of sin.
We need to be mindful what is expected of us. It is all too easy to be lulled into lethargy when you have an excellent commander as David had in Joab, and neglect to do your part in the play of life.
“A time for every activity under heaven”
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