The Life of David Brainerd

     Now that is how I met my best friend, and the man who turned my life around and directed me toward God. Many a times he told me stories of his life before, his talks with God, and before becoming a deciphile of Jesus Christ. David was born in 1955 in a small town on the outskirts of Houston, Texas, to a single mother. Never knowing his father and his mother not wanting the responsibility he was mainly raised by his grandparents. He said his childhood was lonely, greatly contributed from the fact that he dropped out of high school at a very early age. Most of his days were of studying music and the Bible by himself. At the age of 20, he started going to different churches speaking his mind, which was slightly different than what these churches were used to, and was eventually asked to leave. After this he roamed, taking spot jobs for cash to get him to Hollywood so that he could become a rock star, but this also failed. He drifted back to Texas, where he

To begin, David has different conflicts created for him throughout this text about the image of God as reflected in Nicholson's Repentances. His problem is the fact that he is telepathic. Within the repentances it does not say anything about being telepathic, thus deeming him a deviant within waknukian beliefs. However since nobody knows about this flaw/blemish he must constantly keep this a secret. An example is during David's and Uncle Axel's conversation when Uncle Axel says, "I want you to make another promise - that

David was also a farmer. He was a member of the Church of Brethren and once was an auditor of York Township. He was a father of 14 children and had a wife named Eleonora. Evelyn, their youngest great grandchild remembers going to their house and having to use oil lamps. Also, they rode horse and buggy to travel places. David owned another farm but be gave some of it away his land, to the new Fairview Church of the Brethren. Once he died, he got buried in the cemetery called Stumps Union that was on the property he gave away to the

His deviation is not physical so he is able to hide his unique abilities. These abilities are not accepted by his father or the community of Waknuk. David’s father, Joseph Strorm, is a priest in the town. Since he is the priest, he is a strong believer of faith and he loves the Lord. David’s father posts many quotes about religion around their home. One of the quotes is “Only the image of God is man” (18). This means that if someone is not the norm then they are not human and they will not be allowed in the community. The norms believe that everyone should be the image of God. This quote shows how important religion is to David’s father. David has to live in silence because he is different from the norm. If someone found out about David’s deviation, he would be sent away. Only a small group of other thought shapers and his half uncle know about his ability. David is not able to live like a normal child. David would often pray for God to make him normal before he fell asleep. He said, “Please, please, God, let me be like other people. I don’t want to be different. Won’t you make it so that when I wake up in the morning I’ll be just like everyone else, please, God, please” (76). In this quote, David is asking God to take away his deviation so that he can be normal like everyone else. David cannot be his true self because he must hide his abilities from his family. If his family found out, they would immediately ship him away. When he is older, David is forced to leave Waknuk with his younger sister Petra. They leave because people began finding out about their deviation. If they did not flee, they would be found out by everyone. The people of Waknuk put out a small reward for their death and a larger reward if they were captured alive. Since Petra is so young, she cannot control her powers and she

Also, the fact that David wanted to make someone's life better and make them realize that god/love/energy is the power of all humanity. I try to do that. I try my hardest, to make everyone feel special and love themselves.

According to the New Living Translation (1996) King David lived halfway between the lives of Abraham and Jesus, in addition to becoming one of the most important leaders for Israel and "a man after God's own heart" ( 1 Samuel 13:14). David's place of birth was Bethlehem, City of David Jerusalem where he grew up as a shepherd, but he is better known for his youthful triumph over Goliath, as well as being a poet, musician, soldier, and a king (Holy Bible, NLT, 1996). King David died at the age of seventy after ruling for forty years.

Houteff bought a plot of land and moved outside Waco, Texas, bringing just under a hundred followers with him and thereby establishing the Davidian sect. They built a variety of buildings and named the location Mount Carmel after the mount where Elijah overcame the prophets of Baal. On a side note, this Mount Carmel was different from the one involved in the Branch Davidian inferno. Houteff did not want to break away from the Seventh-day Adventism and continued to view his evangelistic message as directed to the Adventist church. Seventh-day Adventism continued to play a major role in the theology of the Davidians though their relationship was bitter. The Davidian sect grew and although Houteff died in 1955, his wife Florence became

David ended up marrying Margaret Elder of Dandridge, TN, but was jilted by her since it was a local legend

According to a source, "David's godchild and David had long talks about Burning Man and what it stands for, and David loved the message behind it.”

David has known little beyond the camp fences, the little he knows about God and Christianity made him question his identity or lack off. "God of the green pastures and the still waters, please don't help me. I want to do it by myself so that You'll know I've found something I can do for You ... I am David. Amen." (Holm, 2000:106). David wants to be a Christian but he does not know how to. He speaks to God in a formal way and every time pronouncing himself as if God does not know who he is. David in reality does not know he is but as David’s journey progresses David’s Christian identity

However, throughout David’s leadership, there were a few mishaps where he did not always do the right thing. He committed a sin by having an affair with Bathsheba, who was married to her husband Uriah. Also, here performed an unauthorized census, which was motivated by his own pride. In addition, he chose to follow his own heart a lot instead of being a man after God’s heart. Regardless of his flaws, David had a great sensibility of courage, loyalty, faith, being a successful leader, and warrior. For example, David could look someone else’s sins that they may have done, but he could not do the same for himself. Basically, David loved his enemies and respected them, which was not a normal character trait to have. He was always willing to forgive them of their sins even when they typically opposed him.

For most people the entire concept of Davidic worship is music, dance, praise and adoration of God. But David worship encompassed far more than the rituals surrounding the actual tabernacle. The most important thing was worship from the heart not only from the lips. It’s neither the hymns nor the songs, it is the hearts surrendered to God.

When David was 12 years old he received his salvation. However, even though his parents were missionaries, it didn’t happen how you would think. He actually got caught in a terrible thunderstorm. He tried to outrun it, but lightning struck the ground just a few feet in front of him. Of course, a loud clap of thunder came right after. Quickly he slid off his horse and cried out to the Lord, “Jesus, save me! Save

    David is a very handsome looking guy, he has hazel eyes that can be easily mistaken for contacts considering his skin tone is quite tan. He has dark brown silky hair that falls perfectly around on his oval shaped face, he has physically fit arms and shoulders that correlate perfectly with his 6’’1 height. Growing up in a Catholic household he was taught to have certain beliefs, morals and ethics, he was also taught how to be respectful

The first king of the Hebrews was Saul, and he was followed by the war hero and poet David (the greatest of the Hebrew kings). His son built the famous Temple showing the importance that religion played in the lives of the Hebrews. From the lineage of David, in fact, it was prophesied that the Redeemer would come. This paper will examine the Biblical story of David.