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“Too Big To Miss”
The story’s told in the Bible about a mighty king. And how when he was just a little boy he played around with a sling. Well he got up early one morning and before the sun had set that day, a nasty ol’ giant had lost his head and his body lay cold on the clay.
When David went out to the battlefield his big brother said, “Stay away! You’ve got no business out here, David, so go back home and play!” David said, “Step aside, boys. I’m gonna take that giant on!” His brother said, “Obey your elders David; get back home where you belong!”
David said, “That giant ain’t gonna make fun of MY God and King! I’m gonna find me five smooth stones and play awhile with my sling! I’m gonna challenge that devil in the Name of the Lord; and when he’s dead I’m gonna take my sword, chop of his head and let the world know that Jehovah is the Lord!”
His brother said, “Listen little David, you ain’t thinkin’ straight. That giant up there’s too big to hit, and your body he will mutilate!” David said, “Listen big brother; I’ve seen worse than this. That giant up there ain’t too big to hit, that giant’s too big to miss!”
Well the rest of the story you all know, I guess it’s history. David took one smooth stone and that giant fell like a tree. So when a giant of trouble gets in your way, you remember what “little David” had to say: “I’ve seen worse than this! That giant up there ain’t too big to hit, that giant’s too big to miss!
Someone tells about a man who pulled up to a red light and saw a truck towing a trailer with many sheep inside. The man rolled down his window and yelled to the truck driver, "You shepherds don’t move your sheep around like you used to."
To which the truck driver replied, "I’m not a shepherd; I’m a butcher."
King David, before he became King, was a shepherd boy, and he would tell you that a shepherd’s job was to care for the sheep.
DAVID'S EXTREMES
David’s life story is an amazing story of the extremes one person can face in a lifetime:
• Early years extremes:
o From seclusion to fame
o From being a nobody to a somebody.
o From forgotten to living legend
o From least to greatest
o From the runt of the family to the most powerful
o From seclusion to popularity
o From the pasture to the palace
o From poor to rich
• The middle years extremes:
o From fame to shame
o From somebody to a fugitive
o From hero to fugitive.
o From hero of Israel to outlaw
o From celebrated to despised
o From loved to hated
o From man of honor to liar
o From security to insecurity
o From hero to villain
o From applause to boo’s
o From married to separated
o From royalty to fugitive
o From riches to poverty
o From sanity to insanity
o From respected to disrespected
o From loyal servant to traitor
• The later years extremes;
o From a fugitive to a king
o From running for his life to running a nation.
o From the cave to palace
o From outlaw to the law giver
o From little to much
o From disrespected to respected
o From saint to sinner
o From blessed to cursed
o From giver to thief
o From man of honor to man of dishonor
o From lover to murderer
o From pure in heart to wicked heart
o From rebuked to repentance
o From repentance to forgiveness
o From father to fatherless
o From functional family to dysfunctional family
o From King to fugitive
o From respect to disrespect
o From fugitive to king again
o From Secure in God to security in numbers
o From Life to Death.
INTRODUCTION...www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4361829,00.html
I want to share a story with you from last week in the Rocky Mountain Newspaper in Denver, Colorado. The story centers around a hot dog vendor and a fancy restaurant. "The beef between a hot dog vendor and a Wolfgang Puck restaurant in Cherry Creek boiled over Tuesday in a victory for the cart owner. Efforts to push Valentina Petty and her hot dog cart 60 feet across the street from the eatery in Fillmore Plaza are done, the restaurant’s vice president said Tuesday. "It’s over as far as we’re concerned," Dennis Deslongchamp said. "We’re done with this."
Wolfgang Puck Express, part of a franchise owned by the celebrity chef, had tried to get the Cherry Creek North Business Improvement District to move Petty, who has sold hot dogs and other food at East Second Avenue and Fillmore Street for seven years. The eatery, which opened in March, contended the hot dog cart adversely affected its business. News of the restaurant’s plan to move Petty, a Russian immigrant and single mother helping her 18-year-old daughter, Maria, pay for college, generated public outrage.
Around lunchtime one particular week, a man walked in front of Wolfgang Puck Express holding up his hot dog to the window in one hand and giving the restaurant a thumbs-down with the other. More than a dozen customers and several employees were inside.
For Petty, the spat over her pushcart proved profitable. She said bu...
An archaeologist was digging in the Negev Desert in Israel and came upon a sarcophagus containing a mummy.
After examining it, he called the curator of a prestigious natural-history
museum.
"I’ve just discovered the 3,000 year-old mummy of a man who died of heart
failure!" the excited scientist exclaimed.
The curator replied, "Bring him in. We’ll check it out."
A week later, the amazed curator called the archaeologist.
"You were right about the mumm...
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