Tiny Devotional for RED Friday, 04-05-2024 (Remember Everyone Deployed)

 A great good morning to all my friends and neighbors in Internet Land! And to family who might drop by, let's play with some grandkids!

Let your fountain be blessed,
And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
As a loving hind and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
Be exhilarated always with her love.
Proverbs 5:18-19, NASB

Exhilaration!

This is why I didn't worry about my kids taking sex education in school; they had been raised reading from the book of Proverbs. Any child who grows up reading Proverbs receives sex education, in a beautiful, spiritual, yet practical presentation.

Still, as lovely as these verses are: I'm wondering: did SOLOMON actually write this? After all, the man had 700 wives, and 300 concubines.  His daddy, King David, also had multiple wives and concubines; the apple didn't fall far from the tree, but it fell with significantly increased velocity. David didn't get CLOSE to his son's marital records.

To be fair to Solomon, he wasn't marrying just to be fruitful and multiply; some unknown numbers of these marriages were literally 'affairs of state,' arranged in order to cement alliances between Solomon and client states. Minor kings who gave their daughters in marriage to the great king Solomon were hopeful that their grandchildren would receive royal appointments, which would benefit their own land. 

Still, it was a stupid plan, and Solomon paid a price, in that his many wives turned his heart from God, and were a disappointment to him in the end; read Ecclesiastes 2.

Remember, though: this is advice given to a youth, who hasn't MADE the mistakes yet, not to a grown person who has.  The central message is FIDELITY, and that applies, regardless of marital history.

Peace be on your household.

Comments

  1. Jesus SavesApril 5, 2024 at 6:50 AM

    Not an X-rating my Brother Pat but a Y-es rating😊. Indeed, Fidelity is very important in marital life 👍👍👍

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