Uriah the Hittite
One of my friends shakes his head at my going on this 9 week Sea to Sea bike trip. Not so much the training, the fundraising, or the potentially aching body, etc. No, I think what amazes him the most is that I will be away from home for 9 weeks. That means away from my wife for 9 weeks, that means no ....... for 9 weeks. Yes, I know, but I'm still going.
A few weeks back, a bunch of us were together, and my friend brought that up (again). I had a brilliant idea flash through my head. How about no huggin, no kissin for anybody while I'm away? Only for 9 weeks. What a show of support that would be! Talk about taking one for the team! The reaction? One wife thought it was a great idea, her husband did not, and the others showed very little support. You might say my idea went over like a pregnant pole vaulter.
Well, not one to give up so quickly, I had more to add. This time from the Bible. And so I brought up Uriah the Hittite. Uriah the who? Well, open your Bible to 2 Samuel 11 and you can read the story of Uriah the Hittite in detail. But in a nutshell, Uriah the Hittite was Bathsheba's first husband. Now the Bible says Bathsheba was beautiful. Keep that in mind as there are only a few occasions when the Bible refers to anyone as being beautiful in appearance.
King David saw Bathsheba as she bathed on her rooftop and he looked out from his palace window. He noticed her beauty and decided he should get to know her. He did. Uriah the Hittite was a senior army officer in King David's army and was out at battle at the time. King David called Uriah back from the battle his army was engaged in, intending for him to sleep with Bathsheba, as she was now bearing King David's child. A coverup for his adulterous sin. What a mess!
Now here's the point. Uriah the Hittite would not sleep with Bathsheba because his army mates were out on the battle field sleeping in tents! He instead slept at the palace entrance with the King's other servants. See what I mean about taking one for the team! What spirit! What a team player! What character!
So my friends, come on, it's only 9 weeks. Besides, how does that old saying go? Ah yes, abstinence makes the heart grow fonder.
4 Comments:
Hey. Who's going to have the biggest challenge here? On the one hand you're sitting on your wedgie 4 - 7 hours per day, in every kind of weather, burning thousands of calories per hour, falling into your tent every night, alone, exhausted, fighting skeeters and all manner of buggies, getting up at 6:00 ... in a 9 week survival mode. "Knowing your wife" will be the furthest thing from your mind. I'm thinking you'll even be too exhausted the first few days after your glorious reunion! OK, maybe not.
We, your friends, however, enjoying the lazy hazy days of summer, lying down with our spouses every night, with energy to spare, and you expect us to not hug or kiss???
That, my friend, might be asking the impossible.
I have another idea: Why don't we, your friends, ride in solidarity with you by committing to going "car free" for 9 weeks ... yea, no combustion engine driving (except if you require a vehicle for work)? OK, maybe not, can we go car free every weekend? We could even start a movement of biking to church!
Or we could shave our legs in solidarity?
Or, give up beer?
Anything but not sex!
C'mon friends, got any other suggestions for supporting our intrepid rider?
hey Ran. Great challenge but wrong analogy. Truth is, if half way through the bike trip you had to come home to solve a business issue, and you were gone from the bike team for a weekend, what would you do? Would you sleep outside your house,on the mat, with the cat while Shelley slept inside, with her nitey on? Now that's taking one for the team! Could you resist????
T.D. & J.A.
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AND WE CALL THIS GOOD CLEAN FUN???????NICE TO READ FOR OUR KIDS.
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