I made this sword with Joshua last holidays. Unfortunately it was drawn and destroyed by a young warrior. The sword once hanging in its place was discovered, seized and squelched... so this holidays it was in for repair again...
Got me thinking about swords. The Bible speaks a lot about them. The Lord commanded the use of it in the OT - to wipe out/utterly destroy peoples and nations of other Gods. In the NT. Jesus tells Peter to put it away - that those who live by the sword die by it. At the same time he also tells people that he came not to bring peace but a sword. In the NT we read about the tongue being like a sword... Lots of different contexts there all jumbled together in my thoughts...
The Word of God is like a sword...
Why do boys love swords, weapons and things of danger and destruction?? (thinking like a girl here) I pray they would want to lop off, to cut out, to rid themselves of, to destroy the temptations, sins, thoughts and evil in their life - to live whole heartedly for their Master.
The sword really does have a place, doesn't it? I guess a butter knife just wouldn't cut it now would it?
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