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b'The following is a fictional story inspired by 2 Samuel 12:1-15 (when David\\nwas confronted by the prophet Nathan about his sin and what he did to\\nBathsheba and Uriah) and it also takes ideas from Psalm 139, which was\\nwritten by David.\\n.\\nI reach the abandoned well and climb down as fast as I can, checking over\\nmy shoulder to make sure no one followed me. All around me is an empty\\nfield. I\\u2019m finally alone. Deeper and deeper I\\nclimb. Fifteen feet. Thirty. I scrape my knee on the stone wall, and my\\npants tear. The blood starts to trickle down my leg, but I keep climbing\\ntill I\\u2019ve reached the bottom, the depths. No one will find me here.\\n.\\nI can\\u2019t face what I\\u2019ve done right now. How I lied to everyone, how I\\nhurt her. I feel my stomach twist at the memory. If anyone else would have\\ndone what I did, I would make them pay for their crime. Yet, here I am,\\nguilty and alone.\\n.\\nSuddenly, I look up to the small opening at the top of the well. I\\u2019m so far\\ndown, it\\u2019s just a small circle of light now, but something enters the well.\\nI watch as a leaf floats all the way down to the bottom. I catch it before\\nit hits the silty floor.\\n.\\nWritten on the leaf are the words, \\u201cI see you. Even though your sin is\\ngreat, I love you.\\u201d I feel the same gentle breeze that carried the leaf now\\non my cheek. Leaning my head back, I close my eyes as the tears start to\\nfall. Deep down, I knew there was one person I could never hide myself\\nfrom. \\u2022 Naomi Zylstra\\n.\\n\\u2022 When our sin is exposed, we naturally want to hide. But God sees us, and\\nHe wants to restore us. Because Jesus died and rose again for us, those who\\nput their trust in Him are totally forgiven for all their sins. What\\u2019s\\nthe difference between hiding in the dark and being sheltered by God\\u2019s love\\nand forgiveness? \\n.\\n\\u2022 Even though David committed two horrendous sins in 2 Samuel 11, God still\\nloved David. Through the prophet Nathan, God exposed David\\u2019s sin and called\\nDavid to turn away from sin and turn back to Him. When David repented, God\\nforgave him! There were still very real consequences for David\\u2019s sin, but\\nGod continued to show His love to David and to Bathsheba. How can David\\u2019s\\nstory give us hope when we sin? (If you want to dig deeper, read Psalm 51.) \\n.\\nIf I say, \\u201cSurely the darkness will hide me and the light become night\\naround me,\\u201d even the darkness will not be dark to you\\u2026 Psalm 139:11-12\\n(NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\n2Sam.12.1-2Sam.12.15|Ps.139.11-Ps.139.12'