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David
One of the more interesting things about the story of David and Bathsheba is that until he was confronted by the prophet Nathan, his affair with Bathsheba (and his subsequent 'elimination' of her husband) seems not to have bothered David. Adultery and murder are huge sins, but David seems to have gone on with his life unfettered by a guilty conscience. The narrative indicates that nearly a year passed before Nathan confronted David with his crime. A year...I've just finished a book on 'self deception' (I Told Me So by Gregg Elshof) who opines:
"One wonders how a man who walked so closely with the Lord could have committed such acts of atrocity without suffering debilitating guilt?"Such is the power of self-deception.
May we not be strangers to the truth! |
"The range of what we think and do
is limited by what we fail to notice
and because we fail to notice
that we fail to notice
there is little we can do
to change
until we notice
how failing to notice
shapes our thoughts and deeds."
Daniel Goleman, Vital Lies, Simple Truths: The Psychology of Self-Deception (1985) |
