Appreciate my heavenly fther and earthly father brough me up!

2 Samuel 18:19-33
Joab knew that David anticipated Absalom be alive, so he don't want the messenger sent this bad news to David.
David mourns to his son Absalom died.
Ahimaaz and the Cushite: Joab choose the Sudanese/Ethiopian slave to take the bad news. The king would naturally have assumed that the priest's son brought good news.
Why?
Joab may also have been thinking of the fate of earlier messengers. But the direct hill-route proved slower than the route Ahimaaz took along the Jordan Valley.
Joab might thought that kill the enemy is more important than any other reasons.
David was loved his son, but he mistreated him for a while. To be a father should teaches and takes care of his children.
How?
Today is Chinese father's day, may I be a good father to my daughters. Appreciate my heavenly father and earthly father brought me up!