A Love Story “God will always be there for us, for His love is inexhaustible” Supported Readings: 1 Samuel 18: 20-26; 25:43, 44; 2 Samuel 3:1 -15 A handsome war hero. A beautiful princess. A love story told from generation to generation. The war hero and the princess are in  love; but her father, the king, will not let them marry for he feels his daughter deserves someone better. So he sends the hero away to defeat 100 enemy soldiers. If he is successful, he will be allowed to marry the king’s daughter. Despite all odds, the war hero returns home victorious. So the king gives his daughter to him. The king is furious, however, and sends his men to kill the hero in his sleep. The daughter knows about the plot, warns her beloved, and helps him to escape. The war hero is now a hunted man, and his princess is given in marriage to someone else. After several years, however, the war hero manages to become king, and his princess returns to live with him. Does this story sound familiar? It should because it’s the biblical narrative of David and Michal. God is Love. We hear that all the time in our churches, and we know it is true. He will always be there for us, for His love is inexhaustible. It says so in the Bible, which is, among other things, a book of history starting from the day our world was created and ending with the return of Jesus andthe re-creation of our world. Because the Bible covers such a vast amount of time, we don’t find a detailed description of everything that happens during that time period. Yet even so, God inspired the Bible’s authors to include love stories. God wouldn’t have included these stories if they weren’t important to Him and to us. Let us study some of these love stories to see what they teach us about God and what we can learn from them for our world today. Taken from CQ 2012 Editor: Lyndelle Brower Chiomenti