Come Follow Me-June 22-28-2 Samuel 11-12, 1 Kings 3, 6-9, 11

The reading this week reminded me of that famous opening line from Charles Dicken’s a tale of two cities- “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times!” We begin with David. Where last week we focused on the David that said things like “the battle is the Lords”, and “Let no man’s heart fail because of him”, this week we see what can happen to the best of men or women when their focus drifts from submitting to the will of the one and only true and living God, to submitting to the appetites of the natural man. One sin leads to another sin to cover up the first sin and pretty soon David finds himself in the “worst of times”.And yet, the Lord is really good at making beauty from ashes. And from David and Bethsheba’s union comes Solomon, the one God has chosen to build His house. No more traveling tabernacle! A real, settled and established temple. A magnificent House of the Lord. A great reason for the house of Israel to rejoice! The Best of Times! #comefollowme #heisourstory #lds #scripturestudy #oldtestament