Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera and so forth

Right after worship today I had to make a run for downtown as a couple of the gals at the Fellowship were starring in Roger’s and Hammerstein’s The King and I. (BTW, Carrie and Madison, you were great. Sorry Countryside-community for making a break for it.)

Now, I was a music theatre (spelled the artistic way) major in college until I figured out that there was no major in music theatre. So, I majored in Bible and Christian ministry and minored in Music Theatre. I am still a music theatre buff at heart, and any chance to see an (off-)Broadway show is great. And, I haven’t seen The King and I in a long while. If you haven’t seen it, let me bring you up to speed. It’s the mid-1800s, and a newly-widowed British woman moves to Siam (Thailand today) to teach the King’s children English. Well, she and the King are both pretty head strong, and they “hit it off” right away. The basic premise of the conflict, and the story for that matter, is that things must change in Siam — and mostly in the King — for things are not so, just because one says they are so (or something like that). Things aren’t so, even if the King says they are so. In a sense, they’re dealing with truth-telling.

So, there’s this scene where the King, alone, sings: There are times I almost think, I am not sure of what I absolutely know. Very often I find confusion. In conclusion I concluded long ago… In my head are many facts that, as a student, I have studied to procure, In my head are many facts. Of which I wish I was more certain I was sure! I was thinking about the growing up that the King had to do, a king! Stamping his feet and saying he said so, in the days that were ahead, wasn’t going to cut it.

You know, I find as a believer, I go through some of the same things. We’ve learned the facts from TV, or books, or politicians or mom… and sometimes the facts that we learned, well, we’re just no longer sure of what we absolutely know. Here’s a clue though. Paul says all of the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are found in Jesus! (Colossians 2:3) I like that. ALL of the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. ALL of it in Jesus. It makes me start to ask a lot more questions about Jesus. Questions like what would He do, or better yet, what would He have ME do? We’ve got it all in Jesus — according to the Apostle Peter, everything for life and Godliness. (2 Peter 1:3) EVERYTHING!

We’ve finished our study in Mark, but we will never finish studying the Life of Jesus. ALL of the treasures… I am starting Matthew in the morning, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera and so forth.