Caravaggio's David with the head of Goliath

Caravaggio's David with the head of Goliath
Originally uploaded by Paul Cook

Sometimes life seems a little huge. Maybe if we approached it like David...trusting in the Lord. David was the seventh son of Jesse. David was a shepherd for his father's sheep. He faced a wolf and mountain lion and won. He had lots of practice with his slingshot. Samuel came to Jesse to find a new king. After he saw most of the sons he asked Jesse if he had anymore sons. Jesse said that he had one more son and he was out with the sheep. He called David over and god said that David was the new king. He went to Israel to fight Goliath, the ten foot giant. Needless to say, everyone was scared to fight Goliath, besides David. So he went to Saul he he said that he was to fight Goliath. Saul just laughed. But, then he gave David all of his armor. David couldn't walk. So, he took all of the armor off and grabbed his staff and slingshot, went down to the stream and picked up 5 smooth stones the size of baseballs. He went over to Goliath and killed him. Then he chopped Goliath's head off.