A Healthy Kind of Fountain

What was in Absalom's mind and heart in 2 Samuel 15? What was churning and coursing in and through him? Was it repressed anger? I mean... let's think back on what the Bible reveals and does not say... One: my own question is did King David spend time with his son's? Intimate time? Did he play ball with Absalom? Did he fish with him? Did he know Absalom's dreams, fears? Did he care about the direction of Absalom's life or his plans?

I'm not saying that King David did not.. the Bible is silent here... But the thing that plagues me though.. is what the Bible does say... King David did not get involved with the rape of his daughter, did not chastise the son that raped her.. he never went to see Absalom in the time he was gone to bring him back to the city and he did not get involved wtih Absalom trying to win the hearts of the men in Jerusalem. What I hear and see is a King, a wonderful man of God.. but a poor dad himself. I never heard or saw him nurture his sons or daughters. Perhaps he invested in Solomon because he was next in line for the Throne.. but beyond that.. nothing.

Was Jesse was poor model of a father to David? It does't seem that way.. yet nothing is said about it.

This morning as I was out walking in the park and mulling over the events of yesterday that occurred... the bondage of my family, and the anger and frustrations I had and did not know how to handle... I came to a Fountain. The Lord spoke to me and said: "This was Absalom's problem.... he repressed his anger for YEARS... he did not release it in a healthy way and so when the time came and he could take no more.. he released RAGE in a destructive way!  Did you pray and release when you felt what you did yesterday.. kind of like the Fountain?", He asked.."Or did you sit stewing in silence?" Guilty.

So, today.. I simply began anew to offer to him my concerns for them and asked Him to help me finish my trip with wisdom in His Strength.. by His grace. I need to apply this to all of my relationships and they me in times when our 'stuff' is overpowering and overwhelming to those around us.

A Fountain of prayers... intercession for another... healthy release. Amen.