1King 10-11; 2Chronicles 9 King Solomon was wise about so many things in life…except women.  I would think that marrying 700 women (not including the concubines) would have led him to write more proverbs about wives. Instead, these wives led him astray not just a little bit, but a lot.  He went so far as to build high places for those “foreign gods,” and the Lord was not pleased. Insight into my own life?  Be thankful I am the one wife of my one husband!  I can’t imagine competing with 699 other women for his attention! Continue reading The great competition

Ecclesiastes 1-6 I cannot believe I am up so late writing this blog when my body and my mind are so exhausted that I can barely form a word, much less a coherent sentence!  Yet I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me! Never has that phrase had so much meaning.  I’d love to tell about it…but I’ll have to later! These first six chapters of Ecclesiastes sound so depressing, don’t they?  Everything is meaningless.  God gave Solomon wisdom, but it sounds as if wisdom didn’t make him happy. I liked this verse: uard your steps when you … Continue reading Just a few words

Proverbs 27-29 It’s the end of Day 2 of our Parent Practicum, and my body and mind are beyond tired…yet the Proverbs still hold immeasurable beauty and wisdom.  It was too difficult to pick out just one to share.  I told my sweet house guest today that I did not think I could make even one more decision today.  So tonight I will share one of my husband’s favorite proverbs: Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Honesty and integrity are crucial to developing deep relationships with others.  Sometimes the words of our friends … Continue reading Faithful wounds

Proverbs 25-26 I absolutely adore reading the proverbs because they are so, well….proverbial!  It’s obvious that the Lord granted Solomon’s wish for wisdom when his proverbs are studied.  God gave him a knack for looking at and explaining life in ways that every person could understand. At our parent practicum this week, we are learning about the three stages of learning: grammar stage, dialectic stage, and rhetorical stage.  Usually a person become rhetorical (highly skilled and able to teach others) about certain topics.  A podiatrist is rhetorical about feet.  My vet is rhetorical about a dog’s anatomy.  But Solomon was … Continue reading In a nutshell