S - 15 Then Delilah pouted, “How can you tell me, ‘I love you,’ when you don’t share your secrets with me? You’ve made fun of me three times now, and you still haven’t told me what makes you so strong!” 16 She tormented him with her nagging day after day until he was sick to death of it.
O - Samson loved this woman, Delilah, but she was trying to hurt him. He lied to her three times about how his strength could be squelched and three times she did exactly what he said would make him weak. The fourth time she comes to him pouting, nagging, and tormenting him.
A - There are people in our lives and those that we have not yet met that may at first look like they like us and want to be friends but we need to keep a objective eye open toward this relationship and see if they are truly acting in both their and our best interests. This doesn't mean that if someone screws up one time we up and leave them but in the case like Samson where if he were to step back and look at the situation, he would have seen three blatant attempts to hurt him and that would have been a good time to leave the relationship as it was clearly not in his best interest.
P - Heavenly Father, I praise you for what you are doing in me and my family's life. You truly are the giver of life and the enricher of life. Give me wisdom and discernment as I go through life and meet people to understand what their perspective is of our relationship. Help me to be bold and confident when there is danger and be able to do what is right for them and me. I love you. Thanks for always being with me.
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