A tree sculpture called Mephibosheth. Alluding to the meaning behind the work, the artist refers to how "In an act of grace, the crippled offspring of an old adversary is allowed to feed at the table of the mighty king." The sculpture is available for $2,800.
I can't imagine a son plotting against me. Hating me so much he wants me dead. Knowing his hate would be far more painful than anything he could actually do to me.
What does David feel when his son Absalom and Saul's heir Mephibosheth, whom he has protected, rise up against him? Does he see God's hand? Does he feel the guilt? Does he decide that what has befallen him is just in the wake of his sin against Uriah? How whole-hearted is his will to survive? Does he feel like his brightest days are behind him? That he, like Saul, will fall because of sin in his life? The only ones loyal to him is his earliest band of friends he made when he escaped Israel into Gath and Philistine country. They ride with him. David doesn't even seek to fight back against Shimei's curses and stones hurled against him. Has he given up?
And what does God feel when his children hate him? Lord knows.
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