A Fellow Pilgrim

June 17th, 2010 |

There is no pretty way to say this – I was in a bad mood.  I didn’t mean to be in bad mood, I didn’t want to be in a bad mood, but that’s where I was – in a very sour kind of way.  The strange thing for me about moods like this is that anything might cause them, or just nothing particular can bring them on.  Once there, they can be difficult to climb out of and have a way of tainting everything and everyone around you.  It happened a few days before the start of VBS and the stress level for the Lewis household was pretty high.  We were all very tired. Kathy was working on last minute VBS details and Jami was at our house working on a song they wanted to teach the kids.  That is when my foul mood took a nasty turn.  As Jami listened to the song over and over again making up the choreography – it hit me.  She is listening to RAP music!  Are we going to teach the kids at VBS a rap song?  I was not a happy camper.  You see, for the most part, I am very tolerant when it comes to musical styles and have crusaded this cause among Baptists (hymns, choruses…) for years.  However, on this day, I was confronted with my own prejudices.  I was against using this style, not because it’s wrong, but because I simply did not like it.  I formed an opinion about it before I ever really listened to the words.  The fact is the Lord can be worshiped and should be worshiped in a multitude of ways.  I was WRONG.  As it turned out, the rap became one of the favorite parts of Bible school for young and old alike.  When I got pass my prejudice and listened to the words, I became aware of how dead on it was.  If you missed them sharing it last Sunday, you missed a real blessing.

A fellow pilgrim,
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