Alright... well I'm sure we can all see that its quite evident: I fail. haha... Almost every day I'm thinking about something and say to myself 'that would be great to write in my blog about!', but, as you can see... that never ends up actually happening =) I've been really busy this last month and a half. I'll cut the whole 'I've been meaning to write' crap, and get to the point though.
I use a little booklet type thing called 'Our Daily Bread' for my devotions, and this mornings title was "A "Banana Slug" Lesson". It started out about how sports teams got their names and how sports were usually overemphasized. Then this one school sought a different approach in naming their sports team, one to reflect the worth of sports.... they came up with 'Banana Slugs'. How often do we think of things that way? I mean, if you think about it, in the grand scheme of things sports aren't really all that important for most people, and should they be? If you're a professional player, granted, they should be important, but they shouldn't be your life (I can say this, because I love sports). This school chose their team name because they recognized this.
The scripture to go along with the writing was Micah 6:1-8. The 'Banana Slugs' had it right.... sports aren't all that important. What is important is in verse 8. God pleads with Israel and says; "He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?" Matthew 22:37-39 tells us to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength.. this would be included in walking humbly with him. But I want to take a literal look at the words just, mercy, and humble (according to Webster).
JUST: guided by truth, reason, fairness
MERCY: compassion or kindness shown toward an offender, enemy or other in one's power, pity, benevolence
HUMBLE: not proud or arrogant, courteously respectful, having a feeling of insignificance
If God is all these things, and we strive to be like Him, shouldn't we be practicing these same principles in our lives?
