Proverbs 1: 1 These are the proverbs of Solomon, David’s son, king of Israel.2 Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline,to help them understand the insights of the wise. 3 Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives, to help them do what is right, just, and fair. 4 These proverbs will give insight to the simple, knowledge and discernment to the young.5 Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser. Let those with understanding receive guidance 6 by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables, the words of the wise and their riddles. 7 Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. NLT

I think about solomon.. and the first thought that I have of him is the thought that his mother must have really been an amazing woman... we realize that his mother had to have taught him some of the wisdom he had.. he says this in proverbs.. when he talks about women he talks about what his mother taught him to look for or not look for in a woman.. and while we may all desire to be that proverbs 31 woman.. that is a tall order to fill.... really tall.... david of course would have taught him of his own great love for God... he would have taught him to praise and worship.. to trust in God at all times... because these were david's strong points in his walk with God... along with his leadership abilites... on top of the things that his mother and father taught him... he asked God for wisdom.. above all things he wanted sense to know what was right... bigger even than the knowledge of what is right... is the strength to walk into it... to me anyways...

God gave solomon all the wisdom ever known to man.. no one ever was as wise as him again.. yet somehow.. with all of his wisdom.. he allowed the lure of the world to weaken him.... what is wrong with us... what is it that we think this world or the ruler of it can give us that is of value... you know what.. it is of value... just not ETERNAL value.. how often are we centered on today and not forever... we can think of how good something will feel.. we can think of what we deserve... of how good a person we think we are and so we deserve something.... if we will daily look to the word of God as the compass for our lives... instead of what our friends say.. or what we remember something feeling like... then we can get further..

I agree it is hard.. I want to be loved by a man.. I want to be held... if I am being honest.. I want sexual fulfillment... some days I want the sex more than the love... but after you come down off that.. what is left... other than the lonely feeling...

if we can get past these feelings... if we can be satisfied in God's love for us... if we can learn to become comfortable with just me and God and not always need another voice or another body... wouldn't we probably make such smarter decisions.... the drive to not be alone is enough to kill people sometimes... look at how many women solomon had... was that about sex.. was that about companionship.. was it about owning all the most beautiful things in the world... having everything that everyone else wanted... when you read your bible it really doesn't talk about any of the great patriarchs having friends that they talked things out with like we think we need to.. they talked to God about everything... they didn't look toward man for wisdom...

in the end... solomon was turned from his commitment to God by the things of the world... as wise as he was... as much as he loved God.. he fell away in the end... this is a hard road.. to live our lives for God and not for self... you wonder.. why would God even give us the thoughts of self.... why not just make us with a God centered nature... I think He wanted us to choose Him over self... I think He wanted us to decide to love Him more than anything else... Lord.. I pray that you make us strong enough to endure to the end.. and keep You first.. at all times...