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2 Samuel chapter 13, verse 20.

So Tamar lived, a desolate woman in her brother Absalom's house.

As I was thinking through which verse we might pray according to in 2nd Samuel chapter 13,

I couldn't help but to escape,

much like praying through 2nd Samuel chapter 12,

a horrible reality in this fallen world that is represented

here in 2nd Samuel chapter 13 and summarized in verse 20 to and I know a lot of different people of

different ages listen to this podcast and so without going into all the details of what happens

in 2nd Samuel chapter 13 we see someone in a position of power

do something very hurtful to someone else.

And in all of this, we see an unwillingness

to carry out justice according to God's word.

So with that summary, I can't help but to think about

people who are listening to this podcast, who I know in many different ways may have been

hurt by someone else and specifically by someone in a position where they were supposed to be caring for you.

They were supposed to be protecting you.

And sometimes, in circumstances like this, it seems like justice is not and may never be carried out.

But when we read a verse like this and a chapter like this in 2nd Samuel chapter 13,

we always need to step back and realize, yes, this is a reality in a sinful fallen world

where people hurt one another, and specifically people in positions of power abuse that power in ways that are hurtful

for other people, and they ignore justice, and justice seems ignored.

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