two things you do not talk about.

Government and religion are supposed to be the two things you do not talk about, but I have often wondered as both democrates and republicans argue about which party God supports, what would God want for our Govt. In the old testament God set up his Government with himself as the suprememe ruller, one religion, and utter dependence on his leadership. There were also men who heard directly from God and you had to trust to some extent that what that man heard was true. That government at least in that form no longer exist, but I would be interested in opening up the topic to see what everyone else thinks before I put in many of my own thoughts. In light of the messiah, and the laws of God, what would God's govt look like?

When did David meet Saul

Well this is a rather random and possibly insignificant topic but I was reading through the story of David and I found some kind of weird discrepency(for lack of a better word). David seems to have met Saul when he was called for to play the harp for him. As you may recall a Saul was a tortured soul and Davids playing would make his suffering subside. However when David who comes to fight Goliath Saul seems as though he doesn't know david at all. One commontary I read says that the order is messed up and David actually played after he killed Goliath. The problem with this theory is that one of Saul's men recomend David as though the King has never heard of him before. The qualifications that are attributed to david would seem to imply that it was after Goliath, but then why was it talod in a different order and why would the man recomend David as though Saul doesn't know him? Strange. I will look further into it and post again if I have found anything.

Can God talk clearly?

This is in many ways related to the last post, but I thought I would go ahead and write it as a new one because there is sort of a new spin to it. As I have struggled to make my recent move to the UK. I have been plaqued by buerocratic red tape. Besides the startling fact that most Govt agencies accept the ones that make sure you pay your taxes, are incompitent and take forever to do things, I was realy surprised to find out how much they can screw up you life and your plans. If you don't do this or that correctly they will mess up critical things that you need, and what is more they are never clear on how to do things so that you don't screw them up, so in the end you just stumble through it by trial and error and hope for the best. This brings me to my point. At what point when something becomes so hard do you stop trying to exhaust your options and accpet it as the will of God for you not to do that. Is hardship a sign. If you are doing Gods will should you expect doors to fly open for you? Or as is usually the case with me do you have to pound on a door for a good while until it falls of the hinges and then walk through? Is this how God works, can't he just speak clearly and tell you what he wants you to do? Why do we always have to wonder if this road block is going to be the one that breaks us? Judging from what I have seen in the story of Moses I am inclined to believe that God gives us trials to further reveal his glory by overcoming them for us. Then again moses had very clear instructions telling him what he was supposed to do. I came to England because it seemed to be a good move to make for my family and for what I want to do with my future. I asked God if that was what he wanted for me but he didn't say anything. So why has every step (and I do mean every single step) been met with dificulty and unusual problems? At what point do I quit or do I keep beating down doors until they open? Why doesn't God speak clearly what he wants? Perhaps I am unwilling to hear, but as a parent I have ways of making my children listen to me. Do you guys look at events in your life as a sign of God's will?