Love'S Playbook Episode 8 : When I Wasn'T Good Enough For You

All of us know what it is like to feel not good enough. It is painful. But imagine when God feels not good enough. Even though You are all good, all-powerful, all-loving; You are also misunderstood and You aren't wanted. Your ways and guidance and even your gift of an easy, peaceful, quiet life isn't wanted. At least not until they are oppressed by their enemies. Then they want You. There was a time in sacred history when God stepped back. It was time, again, to give humans the freedom that was so painful to watch. The freedom to do what they wanted. If you've tried to read the Bible you may have stopped before Judges, but if you got into it, you may have stopped then. The God of the Old Testament can be hard to understand from Moses through Samuel, and certainly in the prophets, but Judges is one of the worst. I've moved one of the most gruesome stories to the front where it occurred chronologically, so you get it over with, and have an understanding for why this time of the Judges was so rough. God does raise up deliverers for them (called Judges), some of them great stories, such as Gideon and Samson. The story of Samuel is also included here as its own book. This eighth episode ends on an up note because Samuel was faithful to God. But they rejected his leadership also. They wanted a king. So Samuel felt not good enough, too. And God says to him, "It's not you. It's Me they are rejecting as their king, wanting a human king. It won't work out well for them, and you must warn them, but they will demand it. So go ahead; set them up with a king." This is not a dull book, but a challenging one. Here it is viewed from the cosmic perspective of the war between good and evil, attempting to keep God's true desires for them and Elohim's character in full view. This book helps to understand Their playbook. And how the dark side is constantly trying to lure Israel away from their covenant, while making God look bad. In this series, God is almost the only one who looks good! I hope you enjoy the read and agree.

• | Author: Arla Caraboolad
• | Publisher: Independently Published
• | Publication Date: Dec 23, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 259 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1792121393
• | ISBN-13: 9781792121395