“Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes. Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that you may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.” – (Samuel in 1 Samuel Chapter 12)
“You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” – 1 Peter 2:5:
“No one will be put to death today, for this day the Lord has rescued Israel.” – (1 Samuel 11:13)
“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought you out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the power of Egypt and all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’ But you have now rejected your God, who saves you out of all your disasters and calamities. And you have said, ‘No, appoint a king over us.’ So now present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.” – (1 Samuel 10:18-19)
“I want to say all my life I was a bride married to amazement.” – (Mary Oliver)