What if love isn’t measured by what you hold onto… but by what you remain faithful to—even when you have to let it go?

In this quietly powerful Faith Through Fiction interview, Paltiel—a man mentioned only briefly in Scripture—reveals one of the most overlooked portraits of love in the Bible: a love that protects, honors, and releases without claiming ownership.

“She was never mine to keep,” he says. “Only mine to care for.”

From a life marked by steadiness and attentiveness to God, to being given Michal—Saul’s daughter and David’s former wife—Paltiel steps into a role not of possession, but of protection. “I did not pursue her because she was available,” he explains. “I pursued her because I believed I was being asked to.”

What unfolds is not a story of romantic pursuit, but of intentional, chosen love—expressed throu ...