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Dear Diary,<\/span><\/p>\n

Today was a rough day, probably the worst since I became King of all Israel. I thought I was doing a good thing, something God would love, but it seems that was maybe not the case. Honestly, I don\u2019t know what to think about what happened to Uzzah. This tragedy has caused me a lot of emotional turmoil, but let me back up and explain it all.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ever since I captured the city, I\u2019ve been thinking about the best ways to turn my City of David into the hub of our nation; that\u2019s why I went out of my way to conquer it in the first place. So, being a faithful servant of God, I thought, what better way to bring all Israel together than to bring us together around God? And what better way to do that than to bring our holiest object, the Ark of God\u2019s Covenant, to my new capital city? Seems like something that God would like, right?<\/span><\/p>\n

But something went terribly wrong, because we were only part of the way there when I saw a flash and heard all kinds of shouting and screaming coming from the procession behind me. I turned around and ran back to find that Uzzah, one of the men helping guide the cart carrying the Ark, had been struck down by God! I\u2019m still trying to untangle all the emotions this stirred in me.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m angry. Angry at Uzzah for doing whatever it was he did to get himself killed. Angry at myself for letting it happen; I\u2019m the King, I\u2019m responsible for what happens to my people. And angry at God for smiting Uzzah! I was \u2013 we were \u2013 trying to honour and glorify God, and this is how God thanks us!? I\u2019m also scared, terrified even. What did we do wrong? What did <\/span>I <\/span><\/i>do wrong? Is this the reward for trying to do the right thing? Is my perception of how to honour God, is my connection with God, so off that I caused someone to die? Am I a bad king?<\/span><\/p>\n

This has been such a confusing day. There\u2019s no way we can proceed with moving the Ark to the City of David right now. I need to stop here and think about what I\u2019m doing, and how I\u2019m doing it. Uzzah also deserves some kind of memorial; whether it was his fault or not, he died doing something important and noble.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s all for today. Until next time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

David, son of Jesse<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":59971,"id":59971,"title":"2sam6-deardiary","filename":"2sam6-deardiary.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2sam6-deardiary.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/davids-inner-turmoil\/2sam6-deardiary\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"2sam6-deardiary","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":59970,"date":"2019-07-23 08:26:48","modified":"2019-07-23 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