Finding Your Spiritual Strength
Published: Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 3:36 a.m.
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"But here's the rub in the story. Samson didn't really get his strength from his hair. I know that's what Miss Myrtle taught in Sunday school, but the truth is a little more complicated than that.
Samson was a part of a religious order that took a vow before God not to cut his hair. He didn't get his strength from his hair. He got his strength from the integrity that came to him from keeping his promises. When he lost the integrity, he lost the source of his real strength.
The story ends with God restoring Samson's strength, and in a suicidal burst of energy, he literally brought the house down on himself and his enemies — not your typical hero ending, but Samson died, in touch once again with the source of his real strength."
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