A Famine Not of Bread

"Nathan Rebukes David, as in 2 Samuel 120" by James Tissot Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God the Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! I don’t remember the details exactly.  Let’s just say, a particular Moeller boy, probably around the age of three, had carelessly broken one of his mom’s “pretties,” and then had hidden the evidence under his bed.  (In hindsight, it was not exactly the brightest strategy, considering it was his Mom who cleaned his room; but then you can’t expect a three-year-old to come up with really brilliant plans, no matter how precocious he may be.) Anyway, I do remember his Mom finding something destroyed that should not have been, and asking him if he knew anything about its mangled state.  From the look on his face, his Mom knew he did.  She also was pretty sure she knew who it was who had done the damage and the hiding!  Just to be certain, however, she stated simply and clearly: “You broke it and then tried ...