FROM SHEPHERD-BOY, TO "KING"

God said, David "was a man after His own heart."

1st Samuel Chap 13

Jesse's youngest son, tending sheep all alone
Knew not his plight that one day, he would sit on the throne,
Doing his duties, and finding time to write about God's green pastures
And how his Lord leadeth him beside still waters

When King Saul became a disappointment in God's sight
Samuel, he said! Find me a man, for this new plight,
The people sought to find a person with outside appearance
When all God wanted, was a heart of repentance

At age 13, unknown to David, he was anointed to be God's servant
But God would excogitate David's role through ardent,
His miracles began with a stone from his sling to Goliath's head
With the power of the Lord, this Philistine was certainly dead

David's coronation came with many trials and tragedy
But he was always protected by the Almighty's mercy,
For 17-years David suffered at the hands of King Saul, his adversary
David became King and sat on the throne with all of God's glory

Though this Bethlehemite, David, had God's theophany
His human flesh indulged in egregious dishonesty,
His Adultery with Bathsheba, Uriah, the Hittite's wife
David sent Uriah to the front line where he lost his life

David sinned and sought mercy according to God's loving kindness
Acknowledging to El Shaddai his willful licentiousness,
David knew that God took him from the sheepfolds and made him a great man
But this shepherd-boy, that became King, never forgot he was a fallible human...

by sheriffgali

Author's Comments:
"[The Russian Poet Boris Pasternak wrote] "It is not revolutions and upheavals that clear road to new and better days, but someone's soul inspired and ablaze." There is no doubt in my mind that Kind David personifies Mr. Pasternak's remark. It is my prayer and hope that World Leaders today would again look back at this shepherd-boy's life that became King, and live out David's sincerity and honesty to God, copy David's contriteness of heart by acknowledging his errors, for we cannot hide anything from the one who formed the "eyes". For if such a reflection would take place by our Leaders , we would again enjoy the "latter rain" that was bestowed on humanity, subsequent to Elijah's prayer."