Wednesday, June 13, 2007

My "story"/"testimony"/whatever you want to call it

So I thought I wanted to write out what I am currently working on for my 3 - 5 min bit of stage time. This story could change depending on the audience, but so far I think this story is the one I can get in the time limit and do well. It first occured to me during the individual Bible Study time on Monday. *Things like this are an aside*

Hola, my name is Ed and I am the sound guy for this great band while we tour in Honduras. *I was instructed that if we say their country name/compliment it they really like it* I have always enjoyed technology. I have been working with sound systems like this for the past 10 years of my life. Before that I played with computer technology. This love of electronics led me to take a few electronics classes in school. *I do not know what their school system will be like, so I am refraining for now from "college", I am also refraining fro mas many words that cound trip up the interpreter as possible, "physics major", etc* These classes were set up with one day being taught by a teacher, and one day building what we just learned about. We'd sit in class and learn the theory behind gadgets, so that we could read the instructions and put that into practice the next day. Each person was better at something different. My lab partner was a genius. By far one of the smartest people I have met at school. He could explain any of the theoretical parts of what we were doing. He probably could have taught the classroom part himself. But when we got into the building part, he almost blew stuff up. I, on the other hand, could build most anything given the instructions, but when asked to explain it, I failed. Together we made a good team. When asked to build something, I stepped up. When asked to explain what was happening, he got us through that part.
This is something that God has been showing me is true about having a relationship with him as well. There is both a practical and a theoretical, and you need both parts. The practical part is what we DO in this life. Do we love others as ourselves? Are we living as Jesus did? The theoretical part is this. *hold up Bible* This is like our instruction manual. It explains who God is, how we can know him better, and how we should act. If you haven't read it, I would encourage you to do so. It's full of good true stories and God's love for you. As we finish/continue our concert, I want to encourage and challenge you to think about your life. Do you have that two part faith? If you have just the practical side, I would encourage you to read the Bible and learn more about who God is. If you have the theoretical side, I'd encourage you to put it into practice. Thanks... *walk back to sound board*

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I believe God gave you this very good message. I am praying especially about the baggage. You are learning so much more than just about the tour! And you haven't even left yet! Love, P