Greetings friends,
Godfrey, one of the students from the Jinja class, recently returned to his home village to bury his aunt. When he arrived, he found the village in an uproar as a child had recently died and the suspected murderer was the co-wife of the child's mother (the child's father had two wives). The village members had gathered and the tension was rising as they discussed murdering the woman for the terrible thing that she had done. Some of the crowd had already started collecting stones for stoning her.
Upon seeing the gravity of the situation, Godfrey prayed, “God, what am I to do? How can I save this woman?” Godfrey was quickly reminded of the story of Solomon he had heard from his MegaVoice (Bible and lesson recorder). Solomon was faced with a similar situation when two prostitutes came to him to settle their case. Both women claimed that the living child was hers and the dead one belonged to the other. Solomon suggested they kill the living one too, so that it would be even. The true mother had compassion for her son and pleaded with him not to kill the baby, but to give it to the other woman. Godfrey took out his MegaVoice and called some of the leaders together saying, “This is not the first time people have been faced with a situation like this. Come and hear how others handled the situation.” They began to listen to the story in their native Lusoga language. After the story was finished Godfrey advised them not to kill the woman, but to advise her. The tension in the room diffused and one by one the angry mob dispersed quietly. Godfrey stood amazed at the power of the Word of God which had saved a woman's life!
