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The reason was not spiritual unworthiness but historical reality: David's hands, reddened with blood from warfare, could not rear a house of peace.
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Though his wars were justifiable, even righteous in their cause, the blood upon his hands disqualified him from constructing the sanctuary of Elohim.
The king's desire burned with intensity—'it was in my heart'—fed by solitary meditation until it 'consolidated into a settled resolve.' Yet his hands, reddened with blood from Israel's wars, were deemed unfit for the Temple's construction.
On March 14, 1990, a fire swept through Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, gutting the sanctuary that had held generations of worship since 1808. Firefighters...
In 1987, Harold Müller sat at his kitchen table in Leipzig, East Germany, and gave thanks over a meal of bread and thin cabbage soup....
In 1954, Arturo Toscanini stepped onto the podium at Carnegie Hall for the last time. He was eighty-seven years old. Behind him sat the NBC...
In 1954, Arturo Toscanini stepped down as conductor of the NBC Symphony Orchestra after seventeen years. He had shaped one of the most celebrated ensembles...
In the village of Luss, on the western shore of Loch Lomond in Scotland, there stands a yew tree in the churchyard that has been...
Thank You, God. For this day—however it went. For this breath—still being given. For this moment—to stop and notice You. Thank You for loving me when I forget You're there, when I mess up, when I take You for granted.