Verses: Psalms 57: 1 - 11
Song inspired by the chapter: Song has been uploaded from YouTube.com and is not my original.
My thoughts about the
verses:
One of the most devastating
things that can happen to a child is being bullied. Take it from someone that was bullied life
changes when people decide to pick on you.
In fact, some people never recover and live their whole life with a
negative attitude about themselves.
Imagine living your whole life hating yourself. This is the situation that some people live
in because of childhood bullying.
Yet, it doesn’t end there. Adults also go through different forms of
bullying. They may feel left out of a
crowd because of their shyness.
Co-workers may shun them and intimidate them. They may fear their boss because of the way
they carry themselves.
It even goes further
when people feel intimidated for things that they can’t change. Watch TV and see all of the size 3 actresses
on the screen. Watch the movies and see
all the actors with big muscles. Listen
to the news and hear about different groups that are discriminated by their
lifestyle. Know the feeling of living in
a place where you can’t worship God in your own way.
These are all forms of
bullying that just get worse as time goes along. There are so many people that have been
broken. They take their own life because
they feel that they can’t live within the world’s description of how they
should live. Think about the people that
have killed others because they felt that was the only way to overcome their
bullies.
The thing that we need
to learn is that bullies have their own problems. They act that was because of their own insecurities’. They are afraid that if they let people see
their weaknesses that they will be ridiculed.
Therefore to feel better about themselves they make others feel worse.
Now David was under
great hardship. Saul was chasing him and
he had hidden. Saul was upset because he
knew the truth. He knew the truth that he
had upset Gd. He knew that David would soon be the King. He knew that his son would not inherit the
Kingdom that God had anointed him to rule.
Therefore he had become a bully to David. He tried several times to kill David.
The lesson that we can
learn is that even though he was bullied he had the greatest power on his
side. God never left David. He had the
protection that he needed. He would be
able to take that bullying and turn it around.
He would one day take his place and be praised. He lived through many trials. This wasn’t the last time when bullies tried
to take over his life. Yet, God never
let him go through things alone.
God will be there for us
in the same way. We need to always
remember no matter who opposes us God will be there for us. We need to praise God for this. We need to thank God for always being there
for us. We need to thank God for the
strength that is given to us each day.
Prayer:
Dear God we thank you
for your love. We thank you Savior we
praise you for your strength. We praise
you Savior for being with us all the time.
We thank you Holy Parent for never leaving us in our time of
struggles. We ask that you be with those
that bully. We ask that you help us as
we deal with people that come up against us.
In the name of the Great Comforter we pray. Amen
Questions:
Have you ever been bullied? Have you ever bullied anyone else? Is today the day you turn it over to
God? Is today the day that you accept
people for who they are?
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