Do what you preach

²³ Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem. ²⁴ But the king said, “He must go to his own house; he must not see my face.” So Absalom went to his own house and did not see the face of the king.
²⁵ In all Israel there was not a man so highly praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. From the top of his head to the sole of his foot there was no blemish in him. ²⁶ Whenever he cut the hair of his head—he used to cut his hair once a year because it became too heavy for him—he would weigh it, and its weight was two hundred shekels^[b] by the royal standard.
²⁷ Three sons and a daughter were born to Absalom. His daughter’s name was Tamar, and she became a beautiful woman.
²⁸ Absalom lived two years in Jerusalem without seeing the king’s face. ²⁹ Then Absalom sent for Joab in order to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So he sent a second time, but he refused to come. ³⁰ Then he said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
³¹ Then Joab did go to Absalom’s house, and he said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?”
³² Absalom said to Joab, “Look, I sent word to you and said, ‘Come here so I can send you to the king to ask, “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there!”’ Now then, I want to see the king’s face, and if I am guilty of anything, let him put me to death.”

David was not a man who obeyed God and did Godly things 24/7. But he love God. He love God. He wants to seek Him so closely. Always so closely. Whatever He did, He returned to God. If he sinned, he came back to God. Whatever and whenever, he always never fails to come back to God, because he know the Father. In this case, he really did what he preached. He told the women that he will pardon the sin of the son. Protect the son from harm. But he did not do the same for his own son, Absalom previously. But now he did, he acted it out, pardoned his son, by allowing him to return to Israel. It was such a great time of reconciliation. It is very important as us Christians to do whatever we preach. A lot of Christians are called Christians and say all the holy stuff, but do we actually live it? If we do live it, do we really live it? Even in the lives that is out of the public's eye? The things we do and think without the presence of Chirstians. With our non Christian friends? DO we act and think the same? Or is it different? We need to learn this from this story, that at all times we check ourselves and our hearts.