By the Way... "Hey, Mr. Goliath, David Here" - Dexter H Faulkner - October 1982

Dexter H Faulkner

All of us at some time in our lives have either read or had read to us the biblical story of David and Goliath. As a young man growing up on a dairy farm, I used to ponder and try to visualize, while doing my early morning chores, what took place between David and Goliath. Faced with problems of my own (which at that time seemed like 9-foot giants) I would ask myself how David was able to face and conquer that giant Goliath. Goliath always reminded me of the huge cross-eyed javelin thrower I once saw at a school track meet. He didn't set any records - but he sure kept the crowd wide awake! Bloodcurdling threats - For 40 days and nights Goliath stomped along the slopes of the Valley of Elah throwing out his bloodcurdling threats and shouting blasphemies across the creek with a bass voice like a 1,000-watt speaker system at infinity. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library