I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on 2 Samuel 12-13.

King David’s actions with Bathsheba and Uriah led directly to his son Amnon raping David’s daughter Tamar and to Absalom killing Amnon for doing so.  Which eventually led to Absalom’s revolt against King David.  However, the most interesting thing is David’s reaction to the sickness, then death, of his first son with Bathsheba.  While the boy was sick, David fasted, prayed, and mourned, begging God to restore the boy to health.  But once the boy had died, David returned to a normal life, accepting God’s actions.  We should approach life in a similar fashion, praying and fasting for the health and well-being of those who suffer, but accepting when God chooses not to grant our request.  I know that I do too much of the latter and not enough of the former.  That is, I do not spend enough time praying for healing for those around me who suffer, not that I am too accepting of God’s will (as their is no such thing as the latter).  In this trying time we are going through right now, we should be praying that God lift this from us.