When Love Turns Bitter: What Wives Can Learn from Michal

I have the best husband in the world. Truly. He’s kind, hardworking, and makes me laugh daily — but he’s also human. And so am I. Marriage has a beautiful way of revealing both the best and the worst in us. Some days, love feels effortless and fun; other days, it feels like holy, hard work — the kind that requires forgiveness, humility, and more grace than I think I have. I’ve learned that even in the best marriages, disappointment can quietly creep in. And if we’re not careful, unspoken hurt can harden into something heavier.

When I think about that, I often think about Michal, the daughter of King Saul. She is the only woman in Scripture described as loving a man: “Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David” (1 Samuel 18:20). Her love was fearless. She risked everything for him, even defying her father to save David’s life. When Saul sent men to kill him, “Michal let David down through a window, and he went and fled and escaped” (1 Samuel 19:12). That’s devotion. That’s a woman believing in the man God had placed in her life.

But after that night, David ran, and Michal waited. While...Continue Reading