Soul Carving

        Josiah was a prince. His father ruled the land but led his people to wander in dark paths, turning aside from the faith that had at one point been cherished by the kings and their people. For generations now, the kings and their subjects had been feeding the lusts of their insatiable idols with unspeakably vile rites of human sacrifice. When Josiah was only eight years old, his father was assassinated. His murderers were put to death, and Josiah then inherited the degenerate kingdom.        But then, something quite remarkable happened.        While the record is scanty, we can read a few lines which mark an extraordinary shift in events. Whereas Josiah's father and grandfather are said to have forsaken the God of their father's and done evil in His sight, when Josiah begins his reign, he does that which was right in the sight of the Lord and turns "not aside to the right hand or to the left." ( 2 Kings 22:2 ) This ...