For every person who sat quietly in church wondering whether honesty would cost belonging.
For every believer who loved God deeply while fearing certain questions could make them unwanted inside the spaces meant to reflect mercy.
For every LGBTQIA+ soul who carried loneliness through sanctuaries where tenderness sometimes felt more dangerous than cruelty.
For every reader who searched Scripture hoping not merely to survive faith, but to encounter compassion within it.
For those who stayed. For those who left. For those still searching.
And for every person who still believes love and truth were never meant to be enemies.
The story of David and Jonathan survived kingdoms, translation movements, theological discomfort, centuries of debate, and generations shaped by fear. Yet their covenant, grief, tenderness, and emotional honesty remained preserved within sacred text all the same. Perhaps some truths continue surviving because human hearts still recognize themselves within them.