Finished Reading Samson

The story of Samson was is really old, and the style of literature is unique and very different than what we encounter today. Samson's kind'a an idiot, spoiled brat maybe, but he winds up killing many of the upper class of the Philistine society - which of course would weaken the cultural group over time, and David eventually put the last nail in the coffin.

God, uses different people to do what He wants done. It seems that if Samson had been more devout throughout his life, that he could have unified the tribes of Israel, but he played the dumb jock through most of the story. The story basically illustrates that God works things towards his objectives despite poor decision making on the part of anyone he decides to specially endow with gifts of one kind or another.

At this point I don't know what comes of the tribes after Samson. It will be interesting to find out. However, I have to take a detour through Ruth. It is weird how Samson seemed to have it easy and takes gifts for granted, while I will see soon Naomi suffer tremendously for no apparent reason. Why one and not the other? Who knows.