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Better Than Aladdin’s Wishes

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One evening as the day drew to an end a mother sat with her son on his bed telling him an ancient tale about a boy named Aladdin.

“Aladdin,” she said to him, “was a young boy who was sent to search for a magic lamp in a dark and eerie cave. Once he found the lamp he realized that the man who had taken him to the cave was going to take the lovely jeweled lamp away from him. Aladdin knew that this special lamp maybe magic and he wanted the magic for himself so, he found a way to keep the lamp for himself.”

“Was it magic?” asked his mom.

“It was magic. Aladdin discovered that it contained a genie while trying to clean the lamp. In a puff of smoke the genie was released from the lamp,” his mother replied.

“What did the genie want?” the boy wanted to know.

“The genie was grateful to be free from the lamp and gave the boy three wishes. He could ask for anything and it would be his,” his mother told him.

“What did he wish for?” the boy asked.

“First he wished for food to eat. He and his mother didn’t have a lot of food. Next he wished gold plates and they were sold by his mom to get money for their family. Finally he wished to be with the one he would love and he married a wonderful princess,” his mom answered.

“I’m not tired. Can I have one more story?” the boy asked looking up at his mother with hopeful eyes.

“Yes, I have an even better story about someone who gave people more than three wishes that would be gone in a short time,” the mother said wrapping her arms around her son to cuddle him close.

“What was his name?” the boy wanted to know.

“We call him God. Remember how we pray to him at meal times and in the morning to start the day?” the mother asked him.

“Yes, we have to thank him for the things he is doing in our day and we can ask him for things too,” the boy responded.

“Well, God has told us in the Bible that we can ask him for things whenever we need them. He didn’t say that we could only ask for three wishes like Aladdin did,” the mother explained.

“He doesn’t answer every prayer the way we want him to the way the genie did,” the boy said adamantly.

“No, he doesn’t answer every prayer the way we want him to, but he does hear our prayers,” he mother answered slowing leaning her son back until his head hit the pillow.

“Thank goodness! If God were like the genie in Aladdin, we might end up with things that we wouldn’t want in a short time or things that we would want to change later. God seems to know what we need and when we need it,” the mother stated pulling the blue blanket her son favored up to his slowing dropping chin.

“Right now I think God thinks it would be best if I got a puppy,” the boy announced.

“Let’s pray about it,” his mother said slowing standing up and walking to the door of her son’s room silently praising God that a puppy hadn’t just appeared at the foot of her son’s bed.

This post is linked to Mrs. Matlocks’ Alphabe Thursday. It is “A” week.
 
 

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  9. Awww, love this. The part where the boy said that God thinks it best for him to have a puppy made me laugh!

  11. lovely story within a story. and the end with the puppy just makes one sigh with glee.

    thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day.

  13. What a great story. Perfect way to start the morning.
    I hope you and your little one enjoy Egg Wrestling.
    Thanks for stopping by Family Volley.
    xo
    Heather

  17. Fantastic! I have a friend who’s pregnant just now, and her younger daughter said to her the other day, ‘Oh, I can’t wait until you have this baby girl’. Her mum explained that only God knew whether it was a boy or a girl, and they’d be happy whatever. The little girl replied: Oh, it’s fine, God and I have discussed it, and He’s promised to make it a girl’. You’ve just gotta laugh!

  20. Such a sweet story and I can relate to him believing God wants him to have a puppy …Always been fond of little critters! 😉

  22. A dear story and I have always thought little boys need to grow up with puppy companion…

  31. Just one more story…please! Loved this post!
    Have a great ALPHABET week!
    Coralie

  38. What a touching and incredible story. I loved this.

    The sweetness of this made me cry.

    Such beautiful sentiments you have shared with us, sweet lady.

    Thank you.

    A+

  39. I love the story, but why would the mom possibly be praising God that a puppy had not magically appeared :p

  44. I would be saying the same silent prayer too! No puppies here, thanks! Cute story… 😀

  46. What a wonderful story. I loved it. That’s a good way of telling a child about prayers and why they don’t always get answered. Thanks!

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