Yesterday the boys went with me to do laundry. There was a little boy (maybe 5 or 6?) there who followed us around. He never came and introduced himself (I think kids today don’t know how), and would always sit just a little ways away from us. Daniel seemed to want to talk to him, so I asked him if he had introduced himself. He walked over & said, “Hi, what’s your name?”
“Julian”
“What?”
“JU-li-an”
“My name’s Daniel.”
Daniel talked to Julian, and they played a bit, then Daniel asks, “Do you know God?” (the tone of his voice gave the impression that of course Julian knew God – everybody does)
Julian told Daniel he hates God. Daniel totally didn’t know what to do with that. He came over and sat by me and I asked him what was wrong (I hadn’t heard Julian’s answer). Daniel looked very upset and said, “He says he hates God.”
I told Daniel some people say that; that not everyone believes in God. Daniel got up and went back to talk to Julian. He told him how God is the best person ever. “How can you not like Him? He made us!”
When we got in the van (all this happened just before we left), Daniel & I talked some more. He was totally flabbergasted that someone would say they hate God. We talked about how we can tell those people about God loving them. We decided to pray for Julian.
Daniel impressed me. I thought, “it would be nice to be as brave as Daniel. To be able to just walk up to people and talk about God.”
While I was at work last night, I heard a Newsboys song (of course – Steve Taylor writes the best lyrics!!) that summed it all up. I tried to point out my favorite line.
Newsboys Live In Stereo lyrics
This field guide’s got no soul
Digging for the sacred
In a man-made hole
The soil gets harder
The shovel won’t behave
I just dug myself
Into a six foot grave
I need a new dimension
Got to Supersize
A Jacobean ladder
To a parallel prize
The walks by faith
The sight lines lie
How am I gonna tag along
With one tin ear
And one glass eye?
Well I…
I can’t get there from here
When every sense is in mono
Walk by faith, you appear
I wanna live in stereo
I can’t get there from here
Without a God-directed go
Walk by faith, you appear
I’ve gotta live in stereo
I quit, I fold, I’m done
Trying to scale Everest
Sherpa-less
Ain’t fun
The best-laid plans
Are in my other pants
The base camp’s buried
In an avalanche
I need a new dimension
Got to Supersize
A Jacobean ladder
To a parallel prize
The walk’s by faith
The lone wolf dies
How am I gonna follow you
With blue man ears
And snow blind eyes?
Music by Peter Furler / Lyrics by Steve Taylor
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