Compassion

Two prostitutes were fighting over a baby. So, they came to Solomon to solve the fight. How did Solomon decide which was the real mother? Check it out:

1 Kings 3:24-28 (New Living Translation)

24 All right, bring me a sword.” So a sword was brought to the king.

25 Then he said, “Cut the living child in two, and give half to one woman and half to the other!”

26 Then the woman who was the real mother of the living child, and who loved him very much, cried out, “Oh no, my lord! Give her the child—please do not kill him!”

But the other woman said, “All right, he will be neither yours nor mine; divide him between us!”

27 Then the king said, “Do not kill the child, but give him to the woman who wants him to live, for she is his mother!”

28 When all Israel heard the king’s decision, the people were in awe of the king, for they saw the wisdom God had given him for rendering justice.

Solomon knew that truth follows compassion. Wisdom--it comes from doing what you're doing: listening to God's Word!

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