One of the stories or fragment of a story rather, I remember is when God told Abraham to kill his son. I heard it church when I was a child. I remember it being pretty perverse, telling a father to kill his only son. It really made me thinkabout my faith and my willingness to do such a thing. I could never think of killing another person let alone my son. The story made my develop both a fear and a respect for God.
The story I recollect the best is the Noah’s Ark. I remember first hearing the story one day in Sunday school. The funny thing is I did not dwell on the fact that God had fabricated the storm to punish and kill all humans with the exception of Noah and his family. I suppose I just put it in the back of my mind. The images of the story in my mind were formed from an illustrated bible I had as a child. It was basically the typical
image that came to mind when thinking of the
story of Noah, except it was a lot more cheerful and colorful than the actua
l story. All of the animals and Noah were ecstatic to get on the ark as everything they knew in the world was simply washed away. Thinking back on it now the story taught me to count my blessings and be to be gra
teful for what I have as is could very easily vanish in an instant.
I think it's interesting that you mention the story of "Noah's Ark" because this seems to be a story everyone has heard of, and it makes me wonder why this story is such an influence in today's world especially on young children. God smiting the human race doesn't seem like a good bedtime story.
ReplyDeleteI liked how the pictures you put represented what you saw as a child and what it truly was. Also liked how honest you were with you admitting you sort of questioned your faith and was taken aback by what God asked of Abraham.
ReplyDeleteI too appreciate how you were open about the questioning of your faith after you heard the story of Abraham and Isaac. I did can remember when I was in the fifth grade and we were learning about the story of Abraham and Isaac. The very next Sunday, my pastor preached a message on the story and the basic question behind the story was "Are you willing to give your only child to God?" Obviously, the question was being asked symbolically, but, it really made me question my faith as well, and truly consider, even in the fifth grade, whether or not I fully trusted God.
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