Most fathers really do love their sons. They love them even when they make a lifetime of terrible choices. They would give anything to change the outcome that they see coming. They grieve over any part that they have played in the paths that their sons are taking. The writer of 2 Samuel has made it clear that David’s sins were linked to the fall of his sons, that their sins were their own choices, and that the end of their paths would be ruin. Absalom has given us no reason to hold out hope for him—but David was clinging to hope anyway (He was his father!). So don’t expect this meditation to be on all the good results (there were none for David)—but use it as a warning.
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