Today David sends out his army under three commanders, Joab, Abishai, and Ittai. He gives them orders to deal gently with Absolom. Joab— who is always pragmatic, doesn't do this. Joab also orders David to go out to be with his troops after the battle. And finally the people decide to bring him back as their king.
It is a good thing that Psalm 117 is the shortest psalm! Today's reading go 5 minutes over my standard. This psalm is a doxology the whole world will one day sing.
In John’s poetic opening to this Gospel, he call’s Jesus ‘the Word’. ‘Word’ in Greek (logos) means more than just one word. Among its several meanings, in this place its meaning is ‘communication’ or ‘message’. Jesus is God’s personal communication or message to the world. And ‘full of grace and truth’ in more traditional translations means that Jesus is all about bringing undeserved kindness (grace) to us and true teachings that are totally worthy of being believed. And this theme is shown again in what Jesus said to Nathanael.
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