Today at church, my preacher's sermon really touched me. I'm definitely not one of those kids who doesn't pay attention during the sermon, though. I don't count the light fixtures (20,) wooden boards on the ceiling (72,) or air vents (12.) I don't count the pews in the Sanctuary (22), or the Polka dots on the blouse on the lady in front of me (63.) That most definitely does NOT sound like me! But in all seriousness, I do like to pay attention to the sermon. It is my favorite part. I even have a little journal that I write down a mini-synopsis of them in each Sunday after church. But today, I must admit, was my favorite of them all. The subject: Outward Appearances.
In the sermon today, we talked about the bible lesson when David, who had just taken Saul's place as King of Israel, is doing something that no king has EVER done before: He is bringing the Ark of God, also known as the Ark of the Covenant, to the town. To the Israelites, the Ark of God is the evidence that God exists. In case you don't know what it is, it is the box that contains Tablets of Stone that have the 10 Commandments engraved on them. But anyways, the Israelites see this as the proof that God exists, so to have it come to their own town for Show-and-Tell is a one time opportunity! Not to mention that King David will be practically PRAISED seeing that NO dude has EVER accomplished this! King David comes to speak to the people the day before the Ark of the Covenant is scheduled to arrive and, unable to withhold his excitement, begins to dance. Like -no joke- FULL-out, uncontrollably, MAJORLY-embarrassing-himself dancing. And won't stop. Eventually, the old king's daughter, Michal (who still holds a grudge towards him for replacing her father,) approaches him and basically tells him he is making a total fool out of himself, needs to stop, and is disgracing the monarchy. Wow. Harsh!! But David, immune to her hurtful insults, responds saying that such an attitude comes with a consequence. She will not be allowed to attend the showing of the Ark of the Covenant. BURN! And, after finishing telling her off, keeps dancin! GO DAVID!
I think that the point of this lesson is that we could all learn to be a little bit more like David. In this modern world we call home, people care WAY too much about what others think of them. How others think they look. How others think they act. And it can effect their actions until they stray farther and farther away from what God wants them to do, because he is the only person who you should care what he thinks of you. So this means, just don't care what others think of you! Why does it matter? Will it matter in 30 years? Be yourself! Don't change for other people! A little quote from Yours Truly, "If they are your friends, they should except you as you are, if they dislike you, what's the point in changing their opinion, and if they don't know you, Why the recklats would you care?!?" And yes, I did just make up a word!
I hope you liked it! This is a matter me and TeenWiki both have really strong opinions on, so you will probably be hearing more about it! But for now, it's time for a challenge: I challenge everybody to use the word 'Recklats' twice today and tomorrow. And then comment on the reactions(: Have fun!
-SlyishRose(:
I LOVE this writing! I look at it at least once every couple of days! You have some genuine writing talent, and I would really like to hear somemore! SOON! Also, today I got upset with my teacher and So i wrote her a note and called her a reklats! Hilarious! Next I told my BFF to run by the grocery store and grab me a Reklats bar! Classic! Anyways, please respond soon, your writing is amazing! :)
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