Ecclesiasties Chapter One... Never loose hope of being changed!

15    That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

 "That which is crooked cannot be made straight..." This is horribly wrong; it is the very mission of the Godhead to make the crooked straight. This comment is the direct result of backsliding; it has a note of despair. When people backslide they loose hope of things getting better even though it is at the very heart of the Christian message. In Ecclesiastes We never once read about the repentance of Solomon or him seeking the Lord to break the curses in his life, just indulgence after indulgence. It is no wonder he formulated such opinions. His father, David, knew the secrets of true repentance and seeking the Lord how that would straighten out the crooked areas of his life!

"...and that which is wanting cannot be numbered." that which is deficient cannot be numbered, again is he talking of his own experience how that deficiencies in his own life overwhelmed him? We pity this poor king because he spent no real time seeking the Lord to have these deficiencies resolved. This thought of deficiencies reminds me of Hebrews 12:13  “And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed”. Solomon should have sought the Lord for a healing of deficiencies in his fallen life then it would not have ended short and with such a question mark.