THINK ABOUT IT 9-23-23
I recently read this from a popular devotional:
“An art expert was making a visit to the Louvre Museum in Paris. As he usually did on his trips to the Louvre, he spent hours staring at his favorite painting, the Mona Lisa. As he pondered her famous smile and what she must’ve been thinking, a country boy came into the room.
The boy walked up to the famous painting, took a look at it, and said, “Man… that sure doesn’t look like much to me. Why all the fuss about this picture?”
The art expert saw a beauty the country boy couldn’t see. It wasn’t that the Mona Lisa wasn’t a magnificent work of art. It was that the country boy had no appreciation for it.“
Well, I’ve got a different point of view. I say to each his own—I’m with the country boy! Call me crazy if you want, but I’m not impressed–nor an “expert”. I’ve been to the Louvre and I didn’t even go in. Of course I’ve done a lot of things people didn’t understand, but I figure it’s my business and I have as much right to my opinion as they do to theirs in matters like this – does it really matter?
I believe we put too much stock in what others tell us about what is what. So what if you prefer southern gospel to high-brow music – good for you, but don’t knock the other guy just because he prefers something you don’t like. You might enjoy spending the day is an art museum, but I would rather take a walk in the woods and look at God’s creation. Why are we so intent on telling other people what they ought to enjoy or what they ought to do? Give me my Bible, a quiet place, a comfortable chair, pen and paper and I am perfectly content. Maybe you ought to give it a try–you just might discover that happiness is closer than you thought. Let me know how it turns out.- HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
