Reading 1 Kings 4-6 this morning, which describes the tremendous prosperity Solomon enjoyed at the beginning of his reign. It gives new meaning to Jesus' words in Matthew 6 about how the lilies are arrayed in greater glory than he. I love the priorities here.
And I liked 4:25: "And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon." Not even Wendell Barry, in all his glory, can write an agrarian dream like that.
Love this.
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