Week 23 June 4- 10

Day 1
Whoever is led astray by strong drink is not wise.  The righteous who walks in his integrity - blessed are his children after him! Wait on the Lord and He will deliver you.   A man's steps are from the Lord. 
Train up a child in the way that he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.  Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge, for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you and they are ready on your lips. 
Do not let your heart envy sinners. 

Day 2
Don't be envious of evil men or desire to be with them. If your enemy is hungry and thirsty - feed him and give him drink.  Lord will reward you.  A man without self control is like a city broken into and left without walls.  A lying tongue hates its victim and a flattering mouth works ruin.  Don't boast about tomorrow, because you don't know what a today may bring. 

Day 3
Better to be poor and walk in integrity than rich and crooked in your ways.  Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always.  A faithful man will abound with blessings. 
Discipline your son and he will give you rest, he will give delight to your heart.  He who trusts in the Lord is safe. 
Every word of God proves true; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.  Ask of the Lord for neither poverty nor riches, give me what is needed lest I be full and deny You, or poor and steal. 

Day 4
Solomon loved many foreign women and it led to his fall.  Lord told them not to marry foreigners because they would turn them away after their own gods. Solomon clung to the women in love. He had 700 wives and princesses and 300 concubines.  His heart was no longer wholly devoted to the Lord like his father David.  Lord raised up men against him. 

Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes and it was full of his explanations on how everything is vanity.  The only way to true fulfillment and happiness is with the Lord. Solomon tried it all. 
He studied pleasures, drinking, built great things and had servants.  He said whatever my eyes desired I didn't keep from myself.  So many times we think it we just had ________ (fill in the blank)  I would be happy.  It may make you happy for a brief moment but it will pass.  True happiness is from the Lord and having your life entrusted to Him.  He will give you joy in whatever circumstance you are in. 
Proverbs was written with wisdom and Ecclesiastes shows us foolishness. 

Day 5
All will die - the wise and the fool alike, the rich and the poor.  We will take nothing with us when we do. 
Better to have a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and striving after wind.  
Two are better than one - they have a good return for their work.  For if they fall, one  will lift the other up.  A threefold cord is not quickly broken.  I alway like to remember this scripture for marriages.  When our marriages have Jesus in them as one of those cords we are not easily broken.  When you realize you need to treat your spouse like a Jesus's beloved you see them as the special gift that they are. He needs to guide you in all your marriage decisions, not ourselves   We will just mess it up!
If you love money it will not satisfy   Doesn't matter what we have if our soul isn't the Lords, we won't be satisfied. 

Day 6
Patient in spirit is better than proud of spirit. If in prosperity than be joyful - in adversity than consider God has made one as well as the other.
Don't take to heart all the things people say. 
It will be well for those who fear God, but not for the wicked. 
Solomon examined all the deeds.  Man doesn't know how long he will live, live life to the fullest - full of Jesus!

Day 7
A little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.  Wise man's heart inclines him to the right but a fool's heart to the left. A fool multiplies words. 
The Lord is in control of all things. Remember your Creator.
Ecclesiastes is closed out with these words - Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.  

Happy Reading - Jeannie