The bee hive was abuzz. A human had stuck his hand into the hive and escaped with honey. Angry bees swarmed to God’s court. They demanded that God grant them the power of stinging to death anyone who approached their honeycombs.

God was angry with the greedy bees who would not even share a Bit-o-Honey candy bar with their neighbors. Aesop, in his fable, tells us that God condemned the bees to instant death whenever they stung someone. The bees would be a chorus, adept at humming Paul’s song about the sting of death.

Michal was a queen bee whose tongue was a sharp saber of stabbing insult. Gazing down from her window, she saw her husband David approaching the walls of Jerusalem. He was dancing with the joyful abandon of a Michael Jackson. His voice was vibrant with an Ode to Joy. Over thi…