In today’s Old Testament lesson we heard the story that is referred to as The Wisdom of Solomon or Solomon’s Dream. In it, Solomon goes to the Holy Mountain, spends a day in prayer and sacrifice, and then that night he has a dream. God appears to him in the dream and says, Solomon, I will grant you one wish. Solomon says, thank you, God, for making my father David king before me, and thank you for making me king following my father, even though I am but a lad and do not know my way in and out of doors. This is a large and very challenging group of people to govern, and so I ask for one thing: wisdom. Some translations say a discerning mind,

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