Isaiah 40:7-8 was one of my first memory verses.  The teacher I learned it from was teaching on the inspiration and infallibility of Scripture.  Isaiah 40:7-8 remains one of my all time favorite scriptures to this day. "The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of the Lord blows upon it.  Surely the people are grass.  The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever." The older I get, and the longer I serve in ministry, the greater the value I place on this timeless truth.

Scripture Text:  "Then Saul dressed David in his [Saul's] own tunic.  He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head.  David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around because he was not used to them.  "I can not go in these," he said to Saul, "because I am not used to them."  So he took them off.  THen he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from th estream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd's bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.  David said to the Philistine, "You come against me w