1 Samuel 13-15

It took me 20 minutes to read this passage. Saul had such a promising start as king. Samuel explained that to Saul in 15:17-19. This was not the first occurance, but it was the last time. God was ready to replace Saul. Though God had used Saul to attack the enemies of Israel, but because Saul choose to move his allegiance from God to self, his rule was cut short and he family was removed as royal line. But there is a picture of God's grace in this sad story. Jonathan, Saul's son, violated a curse that his father had made. Yet God moved the army to protect this man of faith from his father's irrational wrath.
Stuart