Navigating Love Triangles

Thoughts and opinions based on the scripture reading of 1 Kings 3:16-28:

Rending justice in difficult times through difficult disputes can cause challenges for all people. Those who are faithful in the Lord will be granted with great powerful wisdom to make the difficult wisdom come after great discernment like a king or leader ruling over a nation or group of people.

King Solomon showed great wisdom over a settlement over the two arguing women claiming a baby is there's. This is a classic example of what it takes to have powerful wisdom. Great leaders like King Solomon processed an understanding heart because he demonstrated a wise ruling. All of us have God's wisdom available to us as we pray and request it especially in our inner emotional turmoil times that we may wrestle with.

Most recently I had the privilege to know two women who are dear friends of mine. Th first woman I have known for many years of my adult life with great times shared together along with the times that challenged our friendship as it grew over the years. The other woman I had only just gotten to know more of recently whom I have shared few times great moments with as I have visited my old hometown of my birth.

Both women have come to love and care on deep level for a man who may feel admiration for each at one time. In this case the first woman to in his life is the best friend who he used to date while the other woman was the woman who he connected with when she came into his world during the time when he was dating the other woman. My strong opinionated theory knowing both women is that he might have never officially ended some sort of relationship with his first woman while the second woman, who is my long-time adult friend, grew more involved he started dating more actually having a publicized relationship through social media and dates out in community with one another. This sounds like a classic case or perfect example of a love triangle if you have ever heard of one of those before.

Just like the two women from King Solomon's times that fought claim to a baby on which both highly thought they were the real mother of the baby. These two friends must rely on prayer to obtain great decisions on how to love this guy and themselves. Instead, these female friends need to stop calling each other crazy or other names to peers including the guy they may mutually love. They all need to practice the unconditional act of love through the action of prayer. It is with prayer that can bring great mental clarity and understanding. With prayer comes great wisdom on how they can live their life to the full happiness potential. After conversing with both women, I have drawn the conclusion that both ladies would like to live full and happy lives and hopes to be fully in devoted loving relationship with a man. It just is painful to see them battling it out through words at wanting the attention from the same man who they both have strong feelings for, and this gentleman would like to have peace and love among all people because he dislikes it when people have disagreements among each other. Hopefully he can use prayer as his guidance to obtain full wisdom of love and understanding for himself instead of trying to be the peacekeeper between the two women so he can be fully happy in his life. Currently he might be feeling like he is living two different lives with these disagreeing women who have one goal in common the health and wealth of his life. Just like the biblical ladies who disagreed over the love and care for the baby and not wanting to admit it was their baby that died while the other woman's baby lived. The ladies I have friendships with need to set aside disagreement and work together to fully help be there for the guy they mutually care for as he struggles with his health and life choices he has made.

These people have big hearts that do not demonstrate a full foundation of faith or maybe struggle with different worldviews at how to live their daily lives among today's society in community. Only through the art of practicing an active prayer life then maybe it might be easier at making the tough decision on what to do and how to seek advice rather it be from a great leader like a King or a therapist can they obtain the full understanding with great decision on how to best live there life and those they may love with all their heart desires. I know most who might choose against an active prayer life in making the difficult life decisions where they may succumb to certain addictions, name calling, and misunderstandings among others and within one's self and soul.

Today's society has difficult times and great suffering from our bodies and souls. It not only takes an active prayer life at the individual level, but it takes great leadership like King Solomon to help us apply great wisdom to our lives. This demonstrates our full understanding of God's great love for ourselves, each other, and our community as we live in creation of the world together united in Christ. All of humanity must remember the most basic thing we can do for each other in God's great love as I got the reminder myself from a lady who wore the most awesome t-shirt at a local amusement park. "BE KIND, to one another! It really is not that hard to do."