14:13-14 Life Is Short Despite his anger toward Absalom, David’s heart “longed” for reconciliation (13:39). Still, he could not take the action needed to make it happen. At Joab’s prompting, the woman from Tekoa reminded David of life’s fleeting nature. If healing was to occur, she warned, it must happen sooner rather than later, for “our lives are like water spilled out on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again.” Is there someone who you need to reconcile with today?