This blog post is based off of 2 Chronicles 8:1-11 from the "New Women's Devotional Bible".
King Solomon loved and married Pharaoh's daughter and decide that she couldn't live in the house of David since it was holy. He made her her own dwelling so that he could love her and yet not allow her to be in the holy place.
We all have loved others who do not have the same love for Christ as we do. Either we thought maybe we could change them and their love for God, or maybe it was a relationship where it wouldn't matter too much if they didn't have the same feelings for Christ as we did.
If we are strong in our faith, having friends or people we love without the same desire towards God may not matter. But for some, it affects us and it takes away the beauty of our own relationship with Christ.
If your relationships are pulling you away from God these aren't ones that you want to be in. God wants us to speak to the world and to the unbelievers. He loves them even more than we do ourselves; but, we also need to remember that if it is pulling us more away from Christ then pulling the other person towards Him, it isn't working out like we hoped it would.
King Solomon grew old and he began to question which god he loved. Was it his God that had led him through all his accomplishments, or was it the gods of his many wives? Even the wisest man on earth questioned his faith because of the unbelieving people he loved.
"If any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words and by behavior." 1 Peter 3:1
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