Israel wanted a king. The power players at the time of Samuel made it very clear. They sat him down one day and had three things to tell their prophet leader. One … you’re old. Two … you’re children are a rebellious mess. Three … we want someone else to lead us. Seriously. That what they said to him. (When you get a few minutes check out 1 Samuel 8:4-7). You can imagine this was a bit difficult to swallow. If anything justifies taking the rest of the day off, a meeting like this would certainly
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