Very good message @papa-pepper. In the brief time I have "in here" this afternoon, I was browsing through the Christian Fellowship community and this post stood out to me, so I came to look into it. Glad I did!

As one of the "hoary-headed" ones you mention, I am familiar with this passage of God's Word. I had not thought of exactly this application of it, however, as what we see in this passage is the follow-up actions of Jezebel, after what you highlight for us. Leading to God's condemnation of her and Ahab both (while He doesn't miss anything, a very sobering lesson in God's sovereignty, that He allows Naboth to be killed ...).

Our maturing, in walking through this world, with our Lord, is a deep subject. The father of a "quiver full" of children, I have often said my Heavenly Father has taught me more about who He is through my children, than by any other means. If we have "eyes to see" and "ears to hear" there is a lot that we can learn about ourselves in watching our children grow up and mature before us ...

God bless you, as you faithfully serve with your wife, as a role model for your children of who their Heavenly Father is and what they need to face about themselves in submitting and surrendering to the Truth.