Off with his head

The thought passed fleetingly through my mind and then began to become more and more concrete as I sat in the shadows of the hall. My thoughts allowed me to picture me hitting his head with a well-angled kick. It would have to land on the side of the head so as to avoid permanent damage; all I wanted was to hurt him, not to kill him. I took one deep breath and perished the thought; it wasn’t such a Christian thing to do. I promised myself that I would leave as soon as the half-time whistle blew and that is exactly what I did. Most people thought that I could not handle the impending massacre of my team, or the Messi-cre as one Piers Morgan calls it. I kept the reason to myself and only a few close friends knew the real reason I was leaving.  I am talking about the incredibly annoying man who kept shouting anti-Manchester United sentiments at the top of his voice.

We discussed something similar in our Bible study meeting yesterday. The question read as follows: have you ever had a situation where your stand in God was tested? Have you ever had to lie or to participate in something wrong or sinful in order to avoid punishment or to avert failure? The prophet Elijah had to stand up to more than 900 people who were actively engaged in something openly ungodly and he took a bold stand against it. In our sin-saturated society, have you learnt how to flow so effortlessly with the crowd on its path to damnation or are you setting the standard, raising the banner for JESUS? I had to choose last night, and I chose to walk away from an unnecessary confrontation when I would have rather bashed the guy’s head in.

The Excel Girls High School hosted us today morning and I must admit that I had not been looking forward to the ministry. If my going there depended on my feelings, I would not have gone at all. I felt unprepared and unmotivated, and yet I knew I could not fail to go. I arose in the morning and prepared myself then go to join the others so that we could go together. I was playing the guitar and singing and I was also our team coordinator of service. I joined the Diguna Champions League in time to officiate in two Under 19 matches and had a generally good time. Right now, my joints are aching and I can’t wait to fall asleep. I am so glad I have Mondays off.