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Things that are lost can be found again

Posted: May 25, 2014 - 12:43am

After Joshua died, there was a period of 300-400 years before the first king of Israel was selected.

Judges (deliverers) arose in national emergencies to keep Israel united in a haphazard way against neighboring tribes and countries that bullied Israel by harvesting its crops and taking away its weapons.

Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah and Barak, Gideon, Abimelech, Jephthah and Samson fought off Canaanites, Moabites, Philistines, Midianites, Amalekites and Ammonites, who were the bullies. Adonibezek and the Levites’ concubine add to the judges.

Peace prevailed as long as Joshua was alive, But without a leader, a coalition of five tribes led by Adonibezek attacked Israel, harvesting its crops and taking away people and weapons. Israel organized and captured Adonibezek and did to him what he had done to others, cutting off their toes and thumbs.

The Chinese believe in “Li”: “Reciprocity.” Life reciprocates! Life is a boomerang!

In the early days of World War II when Germany began bombing England, there was something of an unwritten rule that the capital cities would not be bombed. But one night a German bomber got separated from his squadron and felt it silly not to drop the bombs he had, so he dropped them over London.

The next night, the RAF bombed Berlin. A similar incident happened over Canterbury when the Germans sought to make England capitulate. But the next night 1,000 bombers bombed Dresden, killing 250,000 people and devastating that city.

“As you sow, so shall you reap!”(Prov.) “He who digs a pit to snare another falls in the pit.” (Ecclesiastes) “Cast thy bread upon the waters and after many days it shall return to you.”(Matt) “He who lives by the sword dies by the sword.” Judges 6:6 & 9-16 (Succoth & Penuel)

Gideon had the leaders whipped and killed the men of the cities for not helping rout the enemy and feeding his army.

Judges 13 tells of Jephthah asking for help and when fellow Israelites, Ephramites, refused he returned, set up a roadblock and 42,000 Ephramites who could not pronounce “shibboleth” were put to death.

Jesus’ parable of the “buried talent” carries the same theme.

Hebrews lost their freedom, but fought and found it again many times.

Have you ever felt like the glow of Christianity has escaped you, that there was a time you were closer to God and happier in your faith than you are now? Things lost can be found again!

The news this week was of “Global Raids Target Hacking Ring.” “Hackers” have robbed many, but the FBI noticed a special piece of equipment hackers have to use and had surprise raids on those hackers.

David in Psalm 51 prays: “Create in me a clean heart, O God…renew a right Spirit within me, restore unto me the joy of thy salvation… wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.”

If you have lost some of the glow, you can find it again!

“Down in the human heart, crushed by the Temptor, feelings lie buried that grace can restore. Touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness, chords that are broken may vibrate once more.”

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