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1 Kings 3:24-26
"24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it."

This real life HORROR story is about to get much WORSE! One mother smothered her baby in her sleep! The other mother is afraid she is loosing her baby boy to the lying mother who smothered her own baby. But, WHICH woman is the lying mother?

Now, in today's verses; "And the king said, Bring me A SWORD. And they brought a sword before the king. And the king said, DIVIDE the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other." Witnesses to this event unfolding have to think that everyone has lost their mind! Insanely fare to DIVIDE this baby boy in two so each mother will have half!?!?

What a CRAZY scene! One woman killed her own baby and is trying to steal another woman's baby! AND! The King, Solomon, who is judging these mother's is calling for the surviving baby to be CHOPPED in two! Adrenaline has to be flowing. Hearts pounding. Tears falling. "Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, GIVE HER the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but DIVIDE IT."

One woman answers like a true mother willing to sacrifice her own feelings for the sake of her child. The OTHER mother answered out of pain, grief and jealousy; "neither mine nor thine." While we will never have to decide the fate of a baby in the way Solomon did. We will need to make sacrifices in our lives for others, like this mother was willing to give up her baby so it could LIVE.
When the CHOICES have to be made;
What will you give up?
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