March 29: Judges 4-6; Psalm 74; John 8

In Judges we get story after story of warfare, death, conquering a people and a land....and still no closer to God.  And still they continued to do what "was evil in the sight of the LORD."  If we can learn nothing else from the Old Testament, perhaps we can begin to see that even when we believe God is calling us to war---and even when God seems to be protecting our cause through war---the outcome is never shalom.  War is not, and never has been, the way to wholeness, the way to right relationship with God and each other.