What could possibly go wrong in a marriage to make someone go from love to hate? How could someone’s heart change so drastically?
As David and Michal begin their marriage, Michal “loved him.”
When Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him. 1 Sam 18:28
After a rocky relationship and at one of the highest points in David’s life, Michal “despised him in her heart.”
Then it happened as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart. 2 Sam 6:16
No one goes into a marriage thinking it will end this way.
But time and time again, it goes from good to bad to worse and then divorce.
Why?
What can be done to keep us from turning love into hate?
Father I pray for my marriage. I realize that it is only through the love You have shown us that we are able to love each other. Help us to love each other in spite of our faults, our sinful natures and our selfishness. In Jesus name, Amen.
