Praise Him – Holy … Holy … Mackerel?

Oct 7, 2009 by winjaw

We were having one of our ritual Bible “quizzes” at the dinner table with the Sons of Thunder.

A rather serene occurrence at most family meals I’m sure. But this “quiz” is with the Sons. And they are competitive. Very competitive.

Rules are simple. First one to get five answers right wins – and questions are age-appropriate as determined by yours truly. And yours truly is often “questioned” by the Sons over the questions – “too easy,” “too hard,” depending on who is getting asked.

And let’s admit it. Sometimes they cheat. Maybe I should say “exaggerate” how many correct answers they actually have. Which in turn leads to rather heated debates, calls for official video replays by the Little Black Dress and so on. Sorta misses the whole point of a Bible quiz.

Yet every now and then one of the Sons will just say something profound, way beyond their years. And you just look  at them in amazement. And you think, “Out of the mouths of babes.”

Such a pronouncement occurred at our last quiz gathering. We got on the subject of Heaven and the youngest Son interrupted – quite determined I might add – to inform us of his plans in Heaven.

“I’m going to get some wings and fly around with the angels and sing ‘holy, holy mackerel’ to Jesus and God.”

And then he proceeded to demonstrate just how he would sing. One arm folded against his chest, the other outstretched as far as he can with palm up. Imagine an opera singer doing the big aria.

Because he also does it in an “opera-like” voice. And he’s six.

A couple of things happen at moments like this. One, you basically lose it with laughter, snot shooting out, tears streaming, the whole enchilada. After you recover, you realize kids “get it” a lot more than adults give them credit for.

Sometimes it takes a six-year-old to bring you back to reality; to what’s really important.

It’s not about whether women can preach in church, or was the world actually created in six 24-hour days, or whether everyone speaks in tongues, or exactly when Jesus returns, or the proper position for prayer, or baptism or, well any of that “stuff.”

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1. God is God, or He’s not.

2. Jesus is the Son of God, or He’s not.

3. The Bible is the living word of God, or it’s not.

4. The greatest commandment is to love God with everything you’ve got; or it’s not.

5. The second-greatest commandment is to love others; or it’s not.

Personally, I go with “yes” on all of the above. I still have trouble wrapping my brain around some of No. 3. And I’m sure not where I need to be with No. 4 and No. 5. But it’s an ongoing process.

And I believe that if those who called themselves “Christians” focused on prioritizing those five points, we’d make a lot better impression on others.

As my pastor said recently (tongue-in-cheek), “there’s a religion out there for you. And if not, we’ll make one up for you.”

But the six-year-old’s “got it.”

And that made the Little Black Dress and me smile, after calming down from the above-mentioned outbursts.

And yes, he got an extra three points, so he won that night. And no one complained.