In response to 1Kings 11:
As a fairly new parent, I constantly think about how I’m parenting
my child and how I’m going to face situations with him in the future. There are a lot of traps the world
makes it easy to fall into, and I’m already praying for him to seek God and
resist falling for what the world says.
However, thoughts do cross my mind about how I’m going to handle certain
situations with my son if/when they arise.
This week’s study through 1 Kings has been the journey of David’s
son, Solomon, taking the throne, building the temple and his palace, and
ultimately turning his back on God and worshipping the pagan gods of his many
wives. I’m sure had David been
alive, he would have been incredibly disappointed to see Solomon make this
mistake. Of course he still would
have loved him, but it’s hard to watch your child do something that you know
isn’t what’s best for them.
Over the course of the Old Testament, the Israelites turned from
God over and over and over again, but God never gave them His back. He got angry, disappointed and
frustrated, but His unfailing love triumphed. How often do I go a different way than what God wants for
me? Yet God’s love for me stays
the same, just as it did with the Israelites. The week I’m so thankful for that unchanging, unfailing love
that God shows us, and I pray that I can show even a portion of the same to my
son.
Praise the Lord
that His love never fails! It
never gives up on me!
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