Abimelech saw his opportunity to seize power albeit on a smaller stage. He appealed to the people of Shechem and gave them the"devil you know is better than the devil(s) you don't know speech to get the his point across. He first went to his brothers and the brothers brought this to the people. Because of family ties, they decided to go with him and even gave him some cash (70 pieces of silver) to hire some protection. The mercenaries and he then killed the competition and symbolically used their means to depict almost a animal-like sacrifice. The place they did it was considered near a "holy" oak tree and even erected a stone monument to remember the place. Abimelech's "kingdom" was very small and his reign only lasted about 3 years.
Very melancholy weekend... Had a funeral to attend on Friday after work in Queens (long ride) and then had a decent Saturday doing our hotpot dinner with the Ongs and Leon family. The kids were so cute! The day was extremely exhausting but worth it. Sunday was extremely long with me skipping prayer meeting to go and visit and pray with my b-i-l's mom whom I've known for over 35 years. She was old and frail and the recent illness and heart attack took its toll on her. She passed late Sunday night. Just waiting for the details for her funeral... Need to do some switching if it's this Friday at work.
Took my tests yesterday and now it goes to specialist see what's what. Out of my hands and in the Lord's .
Praise for today: I will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart; before the "gods" I will sing your praise. Psalm 138: 1
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