At the Friday funeral service I attended, the preacher discussed Samson killing a lion and later finding bees and honey in the lion’s decaying carcass. Here is the Wiki account of those events:
The preacher went on to explain how we are all like Samson in that we have to deal with the bee stings of life and death in order to get to the honey reward of peace in the ever after. As funeral sermons and comments go, it was a pretty good overall message. (For this particular funeral service it worked especially well because there were some seriously bad bee stings involved.)
However, what the preacher did not discuss in his remarks was the rest of this Samson story involving the riddle, Samson’s betrayal by his new wife and then him killing 30 dudes in order to pay off a wedding bet that he had made. Again, I’ll let Wiki explain all that:
Unlike the funeral service preacher, I am no Biblical scholar, but do have a couple of RBO’s here for you. (RBO’s = Ridge-Boy-Observations.)
To pay off his wedding bet, Samson immediately goes out and kills 30 other folks and takes their possessions. I believe that when you have a problem, you solve it; but hey Sam, those 30 other dudes had nothing to do with you and your dumb ass bet. The lion may have attached you and had it coming, but these 30 guys did nothing to you.
Secondly, like a lot of unlucky-at-love guys, Samson sure didn’t have much luck in the Match.com department did he? This riddle gal betrayed him during their wedding feast (after which he dumped her.) And then he hooks up with Delilah who also betrays him after getting him to tell her the secret to his strength. Dude may have been very strong, but he also appears to have been a very slow learner guilty of thinking with the wrong head.
And finally, if Samson tearing that lion apart with his bare hands didn’t convince you of what a bad ass he was, check out how he went outta here:
As for bees seeking out their just rewards, Slim had the right idea: