The Book of Judges has always fascinated me. Maybe its because we don't talk about it all that much in church. Maybe its because it is so heartbreaking - from the beginning where the people of Israel are fighting those around them to the end where they are fighting one another.
The Book of Judges is just hard.
But maybe we need to read some hard things as we grow in faith. Scripture that doesn't have easy answers. Scripture that we need to wrestle with.
The Book of Judges seems to be a giant warning sign crying out "Don't do this!" and yet, all too often we can identify with the world of Judges when we look at the world around us.
It has always bothered me that we have shied away from Judges and other hard Scriptures, because in reality, they have so much to teach us. So much to help us examine in our own hearts and lives.
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