Cat litter absorption experiment: We aren’t gross enough to actually test it the real way, but this cat litter absorbed milk, water, and orange juice pretty well.
Cat litter gets hard and gross as it absorbs stuff. That doesn’t have to be true of us (actually, I hope we don’t have much of anything in common with cat litter!).
Everything might soak right into cat litter, but not everything needs to soak right into our lives. We don’t have to allow everything to reach our hearts or affect us badly.
1 Kings 3:5 says, “In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.”
Solomon had offered a huge amount of offerings in worship to God before this and could basically ask for whatever he wanted.
Verses 7-9 say, “And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. 8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. 9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?”
I love Solomon’s humility and desire for wisdom.
Becoming king didn’t ruin Solomon. He stayed tender, soft, shapeable, and usable.
Wealth didn’t ruin Solomon.
Even hearing the problems of others didn’t ruin him as he dispensed advice and made decisions. Gossip and pride are real enemies when we see the struggles of others, but Solomon kept going strong, not letting those things affect to his heart for God.
How many blessings can you absorb without being ruined?