1 kings 15: ⁵ For David had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord and had not failed to keep any of the Lord’s commands all the days of his life—except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.

 

I read this and I thought... so the murder of uriah was the only time david didn't keep the commands of God? what about the adultery of bathsheba?? or was she so insignificant that it didn't count? these were my thoughts last night...

 

does God only care about the men? really? do we have evidence biblically that it is not true?

 

I know He cares for us... I know He uses women regularly.. but sometimes the way they word things about women is really a problem for me....

 

in my heart I believe that the adultery that he commited with bathsheba was also a time when he disobeyed and failed to keep the command of God.. adultery is one of the big 10... God cares about that... more than that.. because he was king.. she really didn't have too much choice in it... if he called her to him.. how could she say no thank you... it was not done... so this sin completely lay upon HIS soul.. not hers...

 

she may have ended up to be solomon's mother... she may have ended up david's wife... but she paid a very high cost for it... she lost a good man as a husband at the hand of the man she has to marry afterward.. she is pregnant with a child to the king while married to one of david's best soldiers... and all this happens with her having no say so... we don't know about her relationship with God... we don't know anything more about it... but I say she had a rough life.. even though she carried out God's will for her life...

 

so the moral of the story: God's will does not always look like we think it should.. and it certainly is not always something we would want.. but it will always affect more people than just us....