God Wants Me to Be Loving
A Reconciling love
1 Samuel 19:1-7
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AM - 2 Kings 24-25 : PM - John 3:1-21
Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these things. So Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as in times past (1 Sam. 19:7).
A Reconciling love
1 Samuel 19:1-7
Read the Bible through:
AM - 2 Kings 24-25 : PM - John 3:1-21
Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these things. So Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as in times past (1 Sam. 19:7).
Unhappy employees sometimes seek to influence their employers by refusing to work until salaries, benefits, or other factors improve. Often, professional mediators step in to facilitate communication and help bring these strikes to an end. With no personal stake in the outcome, these mediators act objectively to help companies and employees iron out their differences.
Today's passage recalls how Jonathan acted as a mediator between his father, Saul, and his closest friend David. After Saul, in a fit of jealousy, decided to have David killed, Jonathan took a tremendous personal risk by encouraging his father to reconsider. Jonathan's family ties did not justify turning his back on the friend God had provided in David. David found his way back into the king's good graces because of Jonathan's memorable act of reconciling love.
Father, give me the courage to intervene humbly when loved ones quarrel.
