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She Is Never Named. Gives Birth to a Reject. He Produces a King.

She’s never named in the Bible. Her story is only whispered. But her pain was loud, and her son was labeled. While others carried swords, she carried shame. Yet from her womb came a warrior, a worshiper, and a king. This is the story of the u nnamed woman who birthed the rejected son God handpicked .   We all know who David's father is, Jesse. We have all heard of David's brothers and David's occupation as a shepherd boy. He was often sent off into the wilderness to tend sheep as his brothers were sent off as war heroes. Sometimes his father would send him to bring food to his brothers, but David was never considered the same as his brothers. He knew it and they knew it.  “I am a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my own mother’s sons.” — Psalm 69:8 We all know David’s father—Jesse. We’ve heard about his older brothers, the warriors, the ones honored by name. But David? He was the youngest. The shepherd boy. The one left in the field. He was often sent away, pushed ...

Crown Heist

Isaiah 14:27 (NIV) “For the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?” Some breakthroughs come in two waves: one to stop the enemy, the other to show the world that God’s hand was on you all along. That’s exactly what happened to King Solomon. When Solomon’s older brother, Prince Adonijah, tried to seize the throne, it wasn’t his assignment to take. He tried to force what God never gave him. Sound familiar? Many of us have faced that— Someone trying to steal what God gave us, Or worse, us chasing something that wasn’t ours to carry. Adonijah, the fourth son of David, looked at birth order and royal bloodlines.  He was counting resumes and rank.  But God had already chosen Solomon. The blueprints for the temple and the plans for the throne were already in place—long before Adonijah ever staged a coup. David, old and on his deathbed, knew time was short. So he ordered a fast-track coronation.  Zadok th...