DRAW SWORDS! :P

Haha. So last week during vacation bible school one of the classes that i helped in was Bible Study with mrs. beverly. First off allow me to add that she is one of the sweetest old ladies i've met and she knows so much about the Lord and the history of the bible. Hence her class. Anyways, she especially liked to give the second graders "bible drills" where she made them hold their bibles at their sides at attention. She then commanded "DRAW SWORDS!" the kids were to then hold there bibles in front of them and, after hearing the bible verse indicated, were to look it up as fast as they could once mrs. beverly yelled CHARGE!

A friend of mine, Landon, and i loved to joke around about this because, i mean seriously? DRAW SWORDS?! what the heck. it aint that serious, lady! But this weekend especially i realized how easy it is to put my bible aside and not at least flip through it's pages to help myself memorize some verses or something. I remembered the song by Casting Crowns titled "What if His People Prayed?" in that song it asks the question: What if the armies of the Lord picked up and dusted off their swords and not let Satan have one more?

That struck me as pretty darn important. Shows how much i take christian radio seriously. 

But i really think we all need reminding every one in a while that filling our head with knowledge of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit and the commandments which we are to abide by is the essence and maybe even the foundation of Christianity. It's not something that we as christians can decide isn't needed at this time or isn't relevant in tomorrow's schedule. If we call ourselves the army of the Lord, why are our swords sitting there rusting when our city is on the brink of civil war?!