I mean the accounts on jephthah were super cool. and samson rocks as always. and I found account of Micah's idolatry quite funny, though i didn't learn anything from that. BUT the account of the levite's concubine was just disturbing. to be honest i was quite disgusted. why does the bible have to show such graphic accounts. sigh
i'm really 'wow-ed' by the bible's realistic, down to earth, normal and sometimes messed up 'human' people who did great things for God. jephthah was this random 'despised' dude who was banished from his homeland, banded together with some raiders and plundered; yet he was used by God to deliver Israel. Samson was far from ideal, marrying an enemy of his people, killing mass amounts of people, sleeping with harlots and easily enticed; yet was still used by God to judge His enemies. It was noted that 'it was God's plan for him to marry his enemy', to fulfill His plan, hmm...
God works in ways we can never perceive. You'll never know who He's gonna use. Most often that not He chooses to surprise us. I guess the key is just to be open, and ready; if we can ever can be :)
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