Day 85 | 1 Samuel 18–20 — Open Hands, Closed Fists — Jonathan’s Covenant and Saul’s Spear | Bible in a Year

Some people hold on so tight the very thing they're gripping slips away. Others open their hands and everyone gathers close. Jonathan gives David his robe, his armor, his own claim to the throne, and their souls are knit together the moment they meet. Saul, meanwhile, spends this whole stretch grasping — spears, daughters, soldiers — and loses his own household's loyalty piece by piece in the process.Here we consider covenant, jealousy, loyalty, open hands versus closed fists, and the cost of clinging too tightly.