One day, Brad and I were driving somewhere in his car and we were discussing our favorites books of the Bible. It seemed like a very "pastor-ly" thing to do, because all of our conversations are about theology or ministry.
(Please read the previous paragraph with the sarcasm that is oozing from it.)
So... we were discussing this and I was surprised by what he said. Or more surprised by what he didn't say. I figured he was a Psalms guy. I honestly don't remember what he said was his favorite, but it wasn't Psalms.
I made the comment that I expected it to be Psalms, because he kind of reminds me of Dr. Estes, my Psalms professor. And I kind of picture David being a lot like Brad.
Brad made a comment about that being emotional or something. BUT, I definitely didn't mean that comment as a negative.
When I picture David, I read Psalms and see his deep relationship with God. And he almost has this High School Musical mentality of I have to sing to express my emotions.
Brad is a great singer, and when he sings in church it is very apparent that he is truly singing to God and worshipping God through song.
And also, when I read 1&2 Samuel, I see David as possibly the greatest warrior of all time. David literally slaughters 1000s and 1000s of people.
I've never seen Brad kill anybody, but he seems like the kind of guy who could handle himself in a fight. Especially when I think of Brad in high school, being recruited to play D-1 soccer.
David was the complete package of a man. If you were making a movie and needed that strong, lead male character who was a "beast" and in touch with his feelings, David is the guy you would want.
Brad is the same way. Obviously, he is taken, but he is a man's man and is also not afraid to show his emotions when it comes to his relationship with God.
Those of you who know me, know how emotional I am. Those of you who don't know me, I am not emotional at all.
Those of you who know me, know how tough I am. Those of you who don't know me, I am 6'-140 lbs.
The best Bible character that I would say I relate to is Luke. Luke is a skeptic. And if you ever read my other blog (please don't... it's completely ridiculous), I am very skeptical.
I don't really know where this post is going... so I am just going to end it I guess. It started with an anecdote, that led me no where. So here I am at no where... The End.
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you have another blog?
ReplyDeleteyou have another blog?? i totally want to read it!! (unless you are talking about the richard206 blog which i accidentally came across earlier today and had totally forgotten about! In which case, yeah, I still want to read it, but for totally different reasons! :))
ReplyDeletei love skepticism!
i feel like i should qualify that last statement :) i don't like when people take things at face value, and accept that something is true just because someone told them it was and don't actually look into it for themselves. i like when people test everything to know what's true (like that one city searched the Scriptures after Paul preached to them). i like skepticism in the sense that, skeptics search things out. So in the end, when they are done being skeptical, they actually believe what they believe for a reason!
ReplyDeleteMy other blog is my old bde206 blog on xanga... where all I did was complain about chapel at CU all the time.
ReplyDeleteIt really isn't worth reading. It's just me complaining about stuff that I should be thankful for.