The Baby Battle

-



It's worth reading the thirteen verses to understand powerful leadership. It is known as the baby battle

1 Kings chapter 3 versus 16-28

Solomon Makes a Difficult Decision

16 One day two women came to King Solomon, 17 and one of them said: Your Majesty, this woman and I live in the same house. Not long ago my baby was born at home, 18 and three days later her baby was born. Nobody else was there with us. 19 One night while we were all asleep, she rolled over on her baby, and he died. 20 Then while I was still asleep, she got up and took my son out of my bed. She put him in her bed, then she put her dead baby next to me. 21 In the morning when I got up to feed my son, I saw that he was dead. But when I looked at him in the light, I knew he wasn’t my son. 22 “No!” the other woman shouted. “He was your son. My baby is alive!” “The dead baby is yours,” the first woman yelled. “Mine is alive!” They argued back and forth in front of Solomon, 23 until finally he said, “Both of you say this live baby is yours. 24 Someone bring me a sword.” A sword was brought, and Solomon ordered, 25 “Cut the baby in half! That way each of you can have part of him.” 26 “Please don’t kill my son,” the baby’s mother screamed. “Your Majesty, I love him very much, but give him to her. Just don’t kill him.” The other woman shouted, “Go ahead and cut him in half. Then neither of us will have the baby.” 27 Solomon said, “Don’t kill the baby.” Then he pointed to the first woman, “She is his real mother. Give the baby to her.” 28 Everyone in Israel was amazed when they heard how Solomon had made his decision. They realized that God had given him wisdom to judge fairly.

It takes a wise person to be a great leader. Discerning truth in society today isn't easy, with all the falsehood out there. Like the true mother my money is where compassion demonstrated is foremost.

After the unending stream of divisiveness, dishonesty and partisanship, its great to see a leader who is set to heal, to be transparent and bipartisan.

I may just be an onlooker, but maybe, just maybe, the president elect will lead, as he states "not as an example of power but through the power of example."  


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Joy - The Third Sunday of Advent

-
Image
Tomorrow we continue the liturgical calendar, the Third Sunday of Advent. The four Sundays preceding Christmas, which is when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, are recognized for four virtues. The candles on the Advent wreath symbolize hope, peace, joy and love. The Third Candle of Advent - Joy . Otherwise known as the " Shepherd Candle, " this third candle of Advent reflects the joy that comes through Jesus’ arrival, and through the salvation he has gifted us. It is also known as the Shepherd Candle to highlight the joy the shepherds experienced when they received the good news about Christ’s birth ( Luke 2:8-20 ). During the middle of the night, the darkest time, the shepherds encountered angels. During this third week of advent, this Sunday celebrates the passage  Philippians 4:4-5 , its verses extolling readers to “ rejoice ” for “indeed the Lord is near.”  Churches want to highlight the importance of joy in advent season. During a time
Read more

Mercy drops...thank you

-
I am so very thankful for the mercy and grace of God that we have experienced over these past three days.  "Holding on to the horns of the altar" is a Bible expression for appealing to God's mercy, as a literal place of asylum that people once ran to in times of trouble. Our wee family have been literally "holding on" crying "mercy Lord." This has been since our son Stephen ran in the Murcia Marathon and collapsed, around the eighteenth mile, with a life-threatening heat stroke.  John, in the book of Revelation, talks about 'the prayers of the saints' rising 'as incense, filling up a bowl of mercy' which is poured back out on earth* (Rev 5:8;8:4). This is not just a theology that is relegated to saints of a bygone era. I have found prayer in fact to be a really practical demonstration and release of the life-giving power of God moving today. I call it " kneeology ". People from all over, bowing an
Read more

Finishing strong

-
Usain Bolt is the only sprinter to win Olympic 100 metres and 200 metres titles at three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012 and 2016). His speed earned him the nickname Lightning Bolt. Yet, paradoxically we learn that he was a slow starter as one of the slowest runners off the blocks. He had faith in his process though, and knew that he would gain speed in the latter stages of any race. Usain, as a slow starter, has left us with this lesson. Finishing strong makes up for shaky starts. I was reminded this week by a very public shaky start, as I witnessed the bookies favourite for the Open, our very own Rory McIlroy. Rory had a nightmare of a round on Thursday. This most uncharacteristic and unfortunate poor round of golf meant he was well out of contention scoring  8 over par. Friday was a different story though. Like a true champion he dusted himself down and scored an amazing 6 under par. Even though he just missed the cut, he demonstrated a resilient tenacity of spi
Read more