Three Things I Pray

This summer I have been involved in the musical Godspell. It is a production between a few different UMC churches in my home town. I am playing the role of Robin, who sings Day By Day and is the first to really accept Jesus as who he really is. It has been fun getting to be around other people who love music and acting as much as I do. I have not done a play or musical since I was in college and now I am finding that I should not have stopped. Enjoyment and love do not even show how much I feel about being a part of something like Godspell again.

So I have been contemplating my character this past week. Who is Robin? I know from the script that Robin is a tomboy and the first to accept Jesus for who he is, but there is more to Robin. She is strong, outgoing, and loving. As I started to think about these and other attributes of Robin I began to see how much I have in common with my character. However, there is one things I wish I were more like Robin in. I want to pray like Robin and believe like her. My prayer are so complicated at time. In the song Day By Day Robin prays for three things.

1) To see God more clearly
2) Love God more dearly
3) Follow God more nearly

I want my prayer to be that simple. I want to be that simple. I know that Robin is just a charter made up by Stephen Schwartz, but she is a role model to me in her prayer. I wonder if Schwartz based the character of Robin on someone he knew?

The Stink!

Ok let me start off by saying I really don't like sermons on Graduate Celebration Sunday. Yesterday was just such a Sunday. However, for the first time in a long time I actually found the sermon interesting. It was entitled JOY! I was like ok this is going to be interesting. Let me just say I was totally right.

Miss Laura (Rev. Laura Early) was visiting preacher. She is an interesting character herself, so one know that any sermon she gives is going to be different. Let me just say I felt like I was back in a cowboy church is Texas. She stood up at the front with her cowboy boots and her robe. It was so cute. So now that I have set the scene here is the story. Laura started with stories about what her horses taught her. One taught her to hold on tight, one taught her that sometime you gotta let go and let God, and another taught her about The Stink.

The Stink was my favorite illustration of all. Laura has this horse she loves to watch. Everyday he comes out of his stable and breaths in the air. He takes his time just enjoying life. However, that is not the best part about him. This horse takes massive poops. Laura said in the winter you can see them steam and even smell the nasty stink. The horse does not care about his massive poops. He just moves around them and walks away. Laura said this is what we need to do more in life. We get into some type of stink and then we usually look at it, call our friends to see it and gossip about it. Rather than doing these things we need to walk away just like her horse.

So I ask you. What is the stink you need to get away from?