| My son received a children's bible for his bday! Today's story was about king solomon asking God for divine wisdom! Well, God gave him that and more! His first "case" was the story of two women claiming to be the mother of a baby. From what I understood, one of the women lost her baby during birth. Anyway so they go before king solomon and he orders to have the baby cut in half so they could each have a piece of the baby! One lady says go ahead! Do it and then the other lady says...NO!!!!give her the baby and spare the baby! King solomon then determined she must be the mother because a true mother wouldnt want to see their baby killed! Well needless to say the storytime took a wrong turn because the moral was, ask God to give you wisdom over riches and you will prosper and well...my son only wanted to hear more about the baby being cut up and why would a mommy do this, on on...he was getting upset and I was trying to explain it in a different way and well...Note to self, skim all stories and books BEFORE reading them to your children! LOL!! |
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Girl, this is so true. I can't imagine what little minds must think. That story has always been scary to me!
That is one reason why I don't read The Old Testament to my kids. it is filled with many stories just like this that frighten and confuse me, let alone my kids.
Food for thought: When you read the Old Testament, and then the New, does it seem like they are talking about one in the same God? The Old Testament God told his people to kill entire countries of people, slaying even infants. Then in the New it's all about the goodness and love of God. In my opinion, this is proof of the verse in the New Testament that says "No one knew or understood God" and that Jesus came to reveal God to us.
LOL!!! Aaawww poor little guy. I remember when I was little and my mother had purchased these children bible story books.
One night she was reding them to us while we were all sitting on the floor huddled up (including her!). That is one of the fondest memories I have of my mother and it was funny you posted this because I was thinking of that very memory just a few days ago.
My nine year old has enjoyed reading her Bible on her own since she was 6. She often comes and asks questions. Last week she came and asked a question about Sodom and Gomorrah! I had that inner panic of "Oh, no, how much does she understand?!", but calmly answered her question and suggested that might be a story to read more on when she was older.
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