A New Thing

I tried a new thing today. I tried going on a walk and listening to the Bible. I've never been big on listening to a book or driving down the road hearing a book being read to me because I'd rather just sing or dance a little (safely) on long drives. Today I simply walked down a trail next to a field and just listened to someone tell me the stories.

I listened to the book of John and as I walked I imagined just being a person in the crowd, or the woman at the well who found the Messiah. I felt the "aha!" moment that the centurion had when his servant ran up to him and told him the hour that his son started to heal. I snickered at sarcasm that Jesus uses when he is addressing the religious leaders.

But it was when the narrator read the parts when Jesus was speaking to the crowds when he told them of the true followers, the ones who in those times were dead in a spiritual sense and how because of Jesus they would come alive. I imagined being a non-Jewish person back in that day and actually understanding what those words meant. Then I remembered that what Jesus was saying here has not stopped.

People who are spiritually dead come alive everyday around the world.

I think I really enjoy listening to the stories of the Bible, sometimes I think we have lost the art of oral story telling. It's like sitting on the "magic carpet" in the library classroom while the teacher reads us a story and we are all just taken by the words. Except this is a little different, this is real life, these are lessons and tools for this way of life. 

I'm glad I tried a new thing, even if it's a little thing. New things are good to try...you know unless the thing hurts you or others...that whole thing. Anyways, that's been my experience today. Anything you've done lately that has really been a cool thing? Tell me about it! No, really it'd be cool if ya told me about it :)

Tis all for now.

All to God