recently... someone preached a sermon about Michal... I honestly almost walked out of the service because I really feel the preacher was twisting the word of God... but regardless... some points were brought out that I didn't think about... (take away what you can receive and leave the rest in the trash file folder)

it was pointed out that Michal was in love with David when she married him.. often in bible times love was not really mentioned.. I believe many times that people fell in love over time... but it did not always start out that way because these were arranged marriages... David on the other hand.. killed 200 Philistines and brought her father back the foreskins... now in my opinion... this is something that had a deeper meaning.. something symbolic because the philistines were ungodly and circumcision was part of the covenant with God.. so while she felt David was showing off his warrior skills.. I do not really agree with this..

now I do feel sorry for Michal.. she has no voice.. is passed to another man by her father whether she wanted to or not.. and apparently this man actually wanted her quite badly.. he followed her as she left to go back to David.. my opinion is that David should have let her go.. but you know that possession thing lives very strong within a man... so he didn't...

it was said that Michal remained barren because of her bitterness toward David.. I disagree with that too... Michal was barren because David cursed her and said she would be childless and she was... she stated that David never slept with her again.. there is nothing biblical to back this up..

I agree we often hold on to bitterness and it ruins our lives... David was king because God said he would be.. not because of Michal being Saul's daughter... David did not need Michal... Michal actually needed David because without a husband a woman had no worth... she needed a husband and children to give her value.. and while we say it is not the case now... it actually still is... even if it should not be... 

if Michal had the relationship with God that she needed.. then her life would have been a positive experience despite the hardships she went through.. who of us does not go through hardship?? we all do.. it is our relationship with God that walks us through this life with a positive attitude.. really.. this was a woman that was the daughter of a king.. then a wife of a king... don't you think if she was the godly woman she was called to be and bringing glory to God rather than wallowing in self pity and bitterness that God would have changed her situation and given her her heart's desires? the bible says He would have... and I believe the bible... (matt 6: 33)