I wonder what time of day you like best? I love rising before daylight and watching the stars and dark of night turn to first light, then dawn, then sunrise. But this time of year, darkness arrives early where I live, and both evenings and nights can be very long. As we all know that can be dangerous, for too many bad things happen in the dark. Come with me, back to Jerusalem, a little less than 3000 years ago. We’ve been tracing the life of King David, and yesterday we watched as David poured out God’s great blessings upon Mephibosheth, a crippled grandson of former King Saul. It was really quite remarkable and another evidence of the tender, compassionate heart of David.