Monday, March 28, 2005

I could have scored one hundred

I found myself at the sunrise service, someone needed a ride and I also thought the service could use some support. I'm not real big on the special services because the way I figure it, you are suppose to live like your beliefs every day and not just on special occasions. Anyway, I'm there and I'm greeted by the associate pastor, who was running the show and who I consider a friend, he offered me a Bible and said "You didn't think you were going to get away without helping? Did you?" I gave him a shoulder shrug and said "Yeah, I kinda did" and he told me "I need someone to read Psalms 95 verses one through seven. Will you do it?" I took the Bible. "Thanks, brother" I heard him say as I opened the book about to the middle to get to Psalms. Normally being called 'brother' by the brethren bothers me but when he says it, it's more like 'pal' or 'buddy' both of which he sometimes uses, so I always cut him a break.

I was giving the passage a quick look over so I wouldn't be surprised by any big words when he started the service, I looked up and he gave me the nod. So, I read wondering if his nod was the nod I thought it was.

Psalm 95 (verses 1-7)
Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.
For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.
In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.
The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.

I read it without a stumble and I didn't even slip into that 'I am reading a kid's book out loud' style I sometimes slip into to, but I wondered how "Easter-y' the passage was, did I read the right passage? By then it was too late for second guesses.

I looked at the bulletin which I hadn't had a chance to look at because it was handed to me as I was being asked to read, it said: introduction; Psalms 95; some song; then the rest of the service. I sort of forget the rest, I was too busy trying to look cool by not shivering in my leather jacket in 32 degree weather.

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