We begin a new day, beloved and indeed a new volume.  I pray that the previous volume blessed you as you walked through each page day by day.  With a new volume comes a different book.  ’The wisdom of Solomon,’ is a quote I am sure you have heard many times.  I felt it would be good to take a closer look at these proverbs.  So today as a preamble we are looking at verses 1-7 of the first chapter.  Read these verses before we continue.

Let’s take a look at the history of Solomon for a moment.  He was born into a Royal family.  His father the famous King David. His mother, the wife of Uriah, one of the King’s Generals.  David had Uriah killed in battle so he could marry Uriah’s wife.  Their first baby died stillborn as a punishment from God.  Solomon was their next child.  It is clear that David loved Bathsheba very very much.  This whole story is told in the second book of Samuel.  If you have time I would love for you to read this account in scripture.  Now Solomon was given great wisdom.  This is why he wrote the …