Pray today that you become someone after God’s own heart.
Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. My husband Ken and I are reading through the Bible and not long ago we were in 1 Chronicles – for me, this book is challenging: An endless litany of lineages, each with names that require a linguistics degree to pronounce. But in the third chapter, I stumbled across something I had never noticed before. Verses 4-6 says this, "David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years, and these were the children born to him there: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon. These four were by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel." When I saw Nathan’s name, it struck me: David and Bathsheba named one of their sons after the very prophet who nailed David for his sin of adultery and murder. Oh my goodness. To me, it spoke volumes about the depth of David's repentance and humility. It’s why he was also known as a man after God's heart – and, oh, that we would be the same!
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