Day 185.."David's war tactics...The Preacher...Seeing is believing but believing without seeing is faith"

David is known in the Scripture as a wise tactician of war in one saying to Abasalom..."your father is expert in war." This wisdom would bear itself out in today's reading. David shows the conflictness of being human. When Abasalom slams into a tree and later killed by force, David grieves his passing...even though he is an adversary. A father's love for a son is even greater than being a wartime enemy. The writer of Eccesiastes is referred to as a preacher..."Behold, this is what I found, says the Preacher." This preacher is pretty gloom and doom with regular doses of insight and occasional bursts of hope. Thomas wants proof of the resurrection. Jesus offers to the nail prints...Thomas believes. Jesus says..."Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” Faith is not faith, if we have proof in hand! The Gospels do not contail all of Jesus' Words, teachings, and miracles as evidenced in John..."Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name." The purpose of John's Gospel is to offer life in the Name of Jesus Christ!