Every night when I tuck Hope in, we read a Bible story. We started right at the beginning in Genesis and have worked our way through the Israelites escaping Egypt, etc, etc til we came to first King David and his story and then to his son, King Solomon and his story.
So as the story goes for those who aren't familiar, when Solomon first become King he goes to Gibeon to make a sacrifice to God. While he's there, God appears to him in a dream and tells Solomon that whatever he asks of God will be given. Solomon asks for wisdom and understanding in his judgments of the Isrealites. God is pleased with his answer and says that Solomon will not be surpassed in wisdom and that he would also be granted riches, honour, and long life.
Solomon, of course, goes on to become known as the wisest man in history, and the story of the two women with the one live baby and one dead baby is his most famous example.
Well, when we are done the story, Hope looks at me and asks why God doesn't speak directly to her. We chatted about this for a while as I explained that sometimes God shows up as a feeling in her heart or an idea in her brain. Maybe a feeling that she should or shouldn't be doing something. I reminded her that God spoke to Solomon in a dream.
"Maybe God will come to me in a dream tonight!" Hope gasps. "Can you please pray that, Mom? That God would speak to me tonight? And that He would say I could ask Him for something? 'Cause I know exactly what to say!"
Her eyes are shining and I think to myself "This dear, dear child is going to ask for wisdom, knowing how pleased God was with Solomon's answer."
I had no sooner had that thought when she continued.... her eyes still shining bright with hope and expectation... "I would ask him for a unicorn....I would ride him to school everyday and love him soooo much."
She hugs her stuffed unicorn and shivers with delight at the thought of riding a unicorn to school.
Oh. Uhhhhh..... Hmmmmmm......
I think that was my exact reply.
For the record....I did pray that God would speak to her in a dream tonight but I left out the wish granting request.
She's going to let me know how it went in the morning.
I'll keep you posted. Doesn't seem like Solomon will have a contender here, though.
