I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading. I had been using One Year Bible Online, but it was time for a change.

Remember, it’s Friday, but Sunday is coming.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Judges 14-16.

    We have here the story of Samson’s life. It is clear that his parents spoiled him and never gave him any true discipline. My basis for saying this is that Samson’s parents agreed to get the Philistine woman from Timnah as his wife, despite knowing that she was a bad choice for him. Samson demonstrated poor judgment when it came to women. First, he allowed the woman from Timnah to wheedle the answer to his riddle out of him (a riddle which was at the root of a bet which was probably in poor taste to make in the first place). Later, Delilah convinced him to tell her the secret to his strength, despite the fact that she tried to use the false answers he initially gave her against him. Really, the entire passage shows us time and again that Samson had poor judgment. The story of Samson tells us that even if we have great gifts, we will suffer if we do not use good judgment/