1 Samuel 30:1-6 (NIV)

David Destroys the Amalekites

1 David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it, 2 and had taken captive the women and all who were in it, both young and old. They killed none of them, but carried them off as they went on their way.

3 When David and his men came to Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. 4 So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep. 5 David's two wives had been captured—Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel. 6 David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

David + men --> have to save Ziklag
Amalekites --> burnt Ziklag + took captive of the women, young and the old.

Everyone felt bitter against David and thought of stoning him. At this point in time, David must be feeling super lousy about it. Everyone around him is against him! We got to know that finally he found strength in the Lord his God.

Hmms. What came to me was that God is the silver lining behind the dark clouds. He’s like the light you see when all is dark.

Title: When Life Goes Bad

It’s abit difficult for me to relate to this now because,

I’m happy that I’m serving God now.
I’m happy that CNY is coming but somehow I just can’t find any clothes to buy (so I won’t spend money)
I’m happy that I’m finally letting things go.
I’m happy that the semester is starting.
I’m happy that there’s a high possibility that I’m going Australia the next holidays (cos my mum is quite excited about it too)

Ya. Many many happy things and most importantly, God is in my life once more! And I pray hard that I will continue to walk with Him.

Then again, I recalled that times when I felt real shitty,

I felt shitty when I screamed at my Dad.
I felt shitty when I scolded my sis.
I felt shitty when I thought of some people.
I felt shitty when I over-ate (opps)
I felt shitty when I got a C+ grade for my report.
Anyway, this has nothing to do with 1 Sam 30:1-6

Sprouting rubbish once again.

But I know, I’ve found strength in the Lord because,
He has promised us that he would be with us wherever we go
He has brought people to comfort me when I was feeling horrible.
He was faithful when I surrender myself to him