Gather round kids, I'm going to tell
you a little story. I could look it up but I'm just going to tell it
how I remember it.
There once was a man named Naboth who owned
a beautiful piece of land that he had inherited. He was a good
steward of the land and planted a vineyard that had the most
wonderful grapes, probably made the best wine in the whole country.
One day an evil King named Ahab,
spotted that piece of land and those beautiful vineyards and he
wanted it real bad. He had lots of land and vineyards but he wanted
THAT land so he could plant a little herb garden. So King Ahab went
to Naboth and said, “Give me your land so I can plant a little herb
garden.” The man said, “I can't give you this land. It was given
to my family by God. It is my inheritance.”
King Ahab was
sad. He went home and sulked in his bedroom. His wife Jezebel came
wafting in and said, “Ahab? Why are you so sad?” King Ahab told
his wife Jezebel about how that mean old man wouldn't give him the
land. “Don't you worry about that, my dear King. I will take care
of it. I will give you the land,” she told him.
So Jezebel
went out and arranged for false witnesses to accuse Naboth of
blaspheming God and the King. So the people took Naboth out and
stoned him to death. When Jezebel heard that Naboth was dead, she
told King Ahab that he could go out and claim the land. “Oh
Goodie!” said King Ahab and he went out and claimed the land that
belonged to Naboth.
God was very angry with Jezebel and King
Ahab for this and many other evil deeds that they did. God sent the
warrior Jehu to take care of Jezebel. Jezebel saw Jehu from her lofty
tower, and thinking that maybe Jehu was like all the other weak
minded men that surrounded her, decided she would seduce him. She got
all gussied up and fixed her hair and make-up and leaned out her
window and said, “Hey Jehu.”
Jezebel's two servents,
eunuchs, were standing next to her. Jehu called up to the two eunuchs
and told them to throw Jezebel out the window. The eunuchs looked at
each other, cuz they had been wanting to do that for a long time and
just needed someone to tell them it was ok. So they picked Jezebel up
and threw her out the window. She fell a long way to the bottom and
landed with a splat. The local dogs ate her up and then pooped her
out all over the countryside so that there was nothing left of her to
bury.
This story reminds me of those in power these days who
think they will get away with all their murders and sorcery (poisons)
and their thefts. No. They will not get away it. Soon, they will just
be piles of dog poop (I would like to use a stronger word – but
it's story hour) all over the land. But, I'm pretty sure God has
much, much bigger plans for them than that. Their time is coming.
Take care out there my friends.