“How the mighty have fallen in battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.” II Samuel 1:25 (Chapter 1)
Three days after the battle that took the lives of Saul and his two sons, a man from Saul’s camp arrived to inform David of the deaths. David is grief stricken and leads his followers in appropriate demonstrations of respect and eulogy. David’s poem on the occasion of Saul and Jonathan’s death is one of the most beautiful of his works.
David’s repeated response to Saul’s aggressive and murderous behavior toward him is a model of action rather than reaction. The conviction that Saul’s life, as king, was sacred, determined David’s choices and maneuvers. He did not react in defense to hatred. Although he would be king, he continued to act/subject himself to a Sovereign LORD, the One True God.
Be driven by noble character and live your life for an audience of One, the Creator and Lover of all things, especially you.
Have a Wonderful Wednesday,
Gretchen