Then again, perhaps it was his shocking humanity and the resulting suggestion that we cannot out-sin God’s ability to forgive. I can’t quite put my finger on why an ancient shepherd boy-king so captured my imagination over and over. I simply like him. His story gives me hope and terrifies me into fresh reverence. I see so many things in him I wish I had—and so many others I’m scared to death I do have. All you need to relate to David is a membership to the human race. No matter how familiar you are