Nov 18, 2008
Samson, eyeless in Gaza, had been given a holiday from his labors during the season of a Philistine religious festival. He sat alone before the prison, lamenting his fallen state. His hair had grown long again and his physical strength had returned, but to him life seemed hopeless. He wondered why God had chosen him, who seemed destined to live out his days as a miserable, blinded wretch, but he nevertheless blamed his misfortunes on himself. He should not have trusted in his strength without also seeing to it that he gained the wisdom to protect him from the wiles...
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