There are times in life when, no matter what profession you
are in you get to feel like you have a routine. I bet even the president,
occasionally feels trapped. Dealing with the same thing repeatedly can be
wearisome. During these low days you might get an invite from one of your peers
and they take turns around the
coffee table heralding the highlights of their lives. It is in good
faith. You asked how they are faring after all.
This got me thinking of David and his brothers. His brothers
were soldiers and him well, ‘just a shepherd.’ You can only imagine if they had
one of those family get together gatherings and someone asked how their day
was. He had to be first; otherwise, he would not be able to live up to the
adventurous episodes of his brothers.
Maybe one time he joined in later, when his brothers had
already started narrating their intriguing rendezvous. “Were the Philistines
sloppy this time or is it just me who sensed it?” they could have nodded in
unison. “Especially that one time when Eliab threw a spear and it distracted 10
of their soldiers. That was an amazing victory guys”
Noticing how quiet David was, probably Jesse would point the
question directly to him. I imagine him saying something like, “well, I just
had to lead one sheep and the rest followed, you know how sheep are.” Or maybe
“One sheep I call Billy got trapped in the bush and I had to get him out. I
rubbed my hand on the shrubs and got an allergic reaction. I came home early
today.” On very ‘good’ days, he would kill a lion but I guess with the kind of
demeanor his brothers radiated, the story was just as mundane as my days in the
house doing a mani and pedi.
His day came, on this very day his father sends him to check
on his brothers in the battlefield as he takes food to them. Something less
that his normal job but it would break the monotony, get a walk through nature:
beautiful flowers, smell of grass and trees while humming to a song he was
listening to(Okay that is me not David) and he would get to watch the battle as
well (at least that is what Eliab thought.)
It turned out to be his best day. The battle field had this
giant called Goliath that no one dared to face except him. I can imagine the
thoughts in his head, “with all that training they can’t beat this guy?” It took
a lot of convincing to get a chance to face Goliath. On second thought though
they had nothing to lose, everyone was afraid so they might as well just get
the party (oh, I mean fight) started. Those lions and bears he killed turned
out to be exercise and built his confidence.
When he stood before Goliath, Goliath thought it was a joke and couldn’t
stop laughing (picture the grim laugh) but seconds later he did not know what
hit him, quite literally. David just
picked up his sling and killed him with one shot and the bully Goliath was no
more. A sling! (Feya - if you grew up in
my hood)
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