When I was 9 years old I was involved in a car accident. I had a traumatic brain injury, four rather painful brain surgeries later, the last of which was a frontal lobotomy, they removed the front 5th of my brain because it was all scar tissue. I have had no side effects following the surgery, an occasional migraine, but God has spared me from the usual loss of depth perception, and loss of character. I was forced to face eternity and come to grips with the fleeting life that we all face. I am often reminded of David, but not comparing myself to him. When he was a young boy he was anointed king by Samuel. This all played out in 1 Samuel 16, we see Samuel called by God to Bethlehem to anoint a king that would be too young to drive in our day and time. Samuel viewed each of Jesse’s children, they were tall, strong and fit all the requirements you would expect of a king; ” But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” My heart was changed from the time I had the car accident as a small boy, I have used my story to share the greatness and saving power of God more times than I can count. David was a man after God’s own heart, he told everyone he met of God’s power and influence in his life, he was quick to give God glory for his victories. David heard God’s call early in life, and it changed his perspective, the saving power of Christ changes us. No matter what you look like, or your past, remember that outward appearance means nothing when it comes to matters of the heart.