1 CHRONICLES

Chapter 13 of the book-“NON-CONTRADICTORY CONTRADICTIONS”

XIII. 1 Chronicles

16 23 Sing to the LORD, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day after day.

24 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvellous deeds among all peoples.

25 For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods.

26 For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.

27 Splendour and majesty are before him; strength and joy in his dwelling place.

28 Ascribe to the LORD, O families of nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength, 29 ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name. Bring an offering and come before him; worship the LORD in the splendour of his holiness.

30 Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

31 Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!”

32 Let the sea resound, and all that is in it; let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them!

33 Then the trees of the forest will sing, they will sing for joy before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth.

34 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

1 Chronicles: Chapter 16:23-34 (The Holy Bible, New International Version)

In this chapter we continue the story from chapter 7-Judges-where we left our main character, Peter, listening to his uncle who had brought a “ground-shattering-story” about the health of the country’s President. The President was, supposedly, dying from a rare STD (sexually transmitted disease) and Peter’s uncle wanted Peter to consider publishing the rumours on his blog-“The Gossip Column”.

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Peter was in a dilemma. After listening to his uncle, and knowing what his uncle wanted him to do, he, himself, did not know what he should do. Clearly, this was an explosive story and it had the potential to make him famous. But he could also end up in deep trouble for spreading rumours that he could not substantiate. It was also possible that his uncle, despite his urgings, could end up in trouble as well. His opposition to the present Government was well-known and it would not take rocket science to surmise that he had something to do with the story. What was Peter going to do?

Peter decided to take a long walk, and ponder his tribulations. He had read somewhere, and it had worked for him in the past, that long walks can assist in energising the creative part of the brain and one could find solutions to problems during or after a really long walk. He walked for more than 10 kilometres but when he finally returned home, he still had not found a way out of his dilemma. To publish or not to publish, was the question.

On going to bed that night, he could not fall asleep. Normally, he slept quite easily but tonight his body and mind decided to rebel. He eventually fell asleep at dawn, but for just a short while, as he soon awoke drenched in sweat caused by a nasty nightmare. In the short time that he was asleep, he dreamt that he was back in jail. And this jail in his nightmare was like the overcrowded prison in which he had been first incarcerated. His uncle had really put him in a fix this time.

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After taking a long, cold shower, Peter decided that he would seek out his uncle and just tell him that he was not going to publish the story. The risk was just too great!

He found his uncle reading a South African newspaper that had been delivered to the house that morning.

“Morning, Peter,” his uncle greeted him, “Looks like you were too late with publishing your story. Just come and look at this. The story I told you about the “Big Man” has made the front page of this paper.”

Peter hurried to his uncle’s side and sure enough, there it was in black and white. The paper alleged that it had it on good authority that “the President of Peter’s country was dying from a rare disease associated with his much publicised ‘huge sexual appetite’.” Peter just about managed to hide his relief and the thought that he would now not have to publish this story. The story was already out and, therefore, had lost its value to Peter’s “Gossip Column.” Boy was he glad that his problem had resolved itself in this way?

“Well, uncle, this is just too bad. This story was going to make me famous”, Peter pretended disappointment.

“Yes, you are right Peter but I still think I might find a way of using this whole fiasco to bring down this despicable Government,” Peter’s uncle mused. Peter, on his part, was just elated that he did not have to use the story anymore.

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It was, therefore, with much surprise that Peter received an invitation to a Hotel meeting with a representative from the South African newspaper that had published the story about the “Big Man’s” sickness. The invitation, which had also come via his well-connected uncle, had not shed any light as to the purpose of the meeting. Peter’s uncle also did not have much to say, except that Peter needed to be “nice” to such influential people.

At the meeting Peter, was pleasantly surprised that the South African paper was offering a substantial amount of money to take over his blog, “The Gossip Column.” The offer also included an invitation for Peter to continue writing on the Blog on a contract basis but now with his base moving to Johannesburg.

Peter wanted to know why the paper was prepared to pay such a large amount of money for his Blog. The paper’s representative explained that the newspaper had decided to find a channel for news that could not be quickly or easily substantiated and Peter’s “Gossip Column” seemed to fit in quite nicely with what they wanted to do.

The offer was so attractive that Peter had no choice but to accept. It was agreed that the paper 

would fly him to Johannesburg in the following week to finalise details of the acquisition.

The next chapter-2 Chronicles- will be published not later than Sunday, 6 March, 2011

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