Envy Is Your Inner Wound

"When they arrived after David had slain the Philistine, the women came out from the cities of Israel to meet King Saul singing and dancing with timbrels and musical instruments. They were merrily singing this song, 'Saul has slain his thousands, and David, his tens of thousands.'

"Saul was very displeased with this song and said, 'They have given tens of thousands to David but to me only thousands! By now he has everything but the kingdom!' From then on, Saul became very distrustful of David.

"Saul told his son Jonathan and his servants of his intention to kill David. But Jonathan, who liked David very much, said to David, 'My father Saul wants to kill you. Be on your guard tomorrow morning and hide yourself in a secret place. I will go out and keep my father company in the countryside where you are and I will speak to him about you. If I find out something, I will let you know.' Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said, 'Let not the king sin against his servant David for he has not sinned against you. On the contrary, what he has done has benefited you. He risked his life in killing the Philistine and Yahweh brought about a great victory for Israel. You yourself saw this and greatly rejoiced. Why then sin against innocent blood and kill David without a cause?' Saul heeded Jonathan's plea and swore, 'As Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to death.' So Jonathan called David and told him all these things. He then brought him to Saul and David was back in Saul's service as before."

1 SAMUEL 18:6-9, 19:1-7

"Lord, heal the inner wound of my soul.
I choose to love myself as I am. Amen."

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