I have hidden Thy word in my heart.
(Picture by Lisa R)

1 Kings 11. “But King Solomon loved many foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites— from the nations of whom the Lord had said to the children of Israel, ‘You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods.’ Solomon clung to these in love. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David. For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as did his father David'” (Verses 1-6). This chapter makes me sad. The fall of a great king, all because he started to listen men (technically women) instead of God. I think Solomon is a warning that no matter how close our relationship, not matter how strong we start it is the ending that matters. Solomon started out strong, loved God, and was blessed. But then he started to believe a lie, he forsook the God of the universe and served others. In the end Solomon fell, and did not recover. Here is the lesson Christian: It’s not the beginning that matters, it is the end. Where did you end up at the end of the race? The finish line or in the bushes somewhere?