June is an inviting month. Juno was the Roman goddess who protected women and cared for brides. No wonder June is the favorite month for weddings. June is also a month for graduations and reunions. June is when Stravinsky’s "Rites of Spring" are muted, while Gershwin’s "Summertime and the Living is Easy" tune floats like a monarch butterfly across the pastel-tinted fields of fun in the sun.

Carl Marie von Weber’s "Invitation to the Dance" receives an answer in our passage in 2 Samuel. Our dancing partner on this June day is not Arthur Murray in a ballroom, Fred Astaire in his top hat, or even Michael Jackson doing the most frantic break dance steps this side of Harlem.

Our dancer is David. David, the sweet psalm singer of Israel. David, whose name in Hebrew means "beloved" is seen before…