The Moral of the Story is...
Yesterday at our church, the youth performed a few songs and skits for the Parent's Banquet honoring fathers and mothers. I didn't have a chance to take any video, and I'm kind of glad. I've seen this picture floating around that has an older woman in the middle of the crowd just watching the event taking place while the rest have their phones out trying to take a picture to capture the moment. While pictures do make fond memories, I'm tired of my phone being a distraction. Too often I've went to grab my phone to take a picture only to miss the magic of the moment because I was trying to get just the right angle or just the right shot. I want to be the older lady relishing in the moment. I want to just be.
One of the skits the kids performed had the story line of the well-known tale The Three Little Pigs. There were three little pigs and they had all moved out. The mother pig was on her way to visit all of her children to check in with them to see how they were doing. When she came to the first little pig's house, this pig went on and on about how well her family was doing. They had the best! The best that money could buy. TV'S, phones, cars, clothes, you name it, they had it. This pig spent all her time keeping up with the Joneses. The mother tried to talk to the first little pig, but she wouldn't listen. She continued to boast about how she had given her kids everything her mother couldn't give her as a little pig.
So the mother left a little down and worried and moved on to the second little pig's house. This little pig's house was immaculate. Not a speck of dust, everything neat and tidy, and all things went according to plan. The second little pig raved about his organization and how he spent all his time keeping things just right. The mother with a concerned look on her face asked about his children. He responded with something like, "Oh, I don't see them very much because I'm just so busy making sure everything goes according to plan." (Unfortunately, I know this second little pig all too well.) So disappointed again, the mother moves onto the third little pig's house.
Just like in the original story, the third little pig is always a little different than the first two. The same is true in the skit the kids performed. The mother pig gets to the third little pig's house and sits down to chat. She notices his table's varnish has dulled. He has a tattered quilt hanging on the chair. His Bible's cover is worn and torn and the pages have yellowed. She begins talking with him and asking him how he is doing. He tells her he is doing wonderful and his family is great! She asks hesitantly, "Wonderful? Are you sure? Everything you have is pretty worn out looking. Why is that?" He explains well to her that everything he and his family has gets used quite a bit. The table for instance. They eat family meals, the kids do their homework, they even use it to do family devotional time. He goes on and talks about how his family puts their focus on living according to the Bible and that though they might not have much, they have what they need. This time the mother leaves feeling a little hopeful.
The scene switches and all three little pigs receive a letter from Mr. A. Hairy Wolf letting them know the company they all work for is having cutbacks and all three of them are one of the so-called cutbacks. The three of them no longer have a job. The first pig is hysterical, "How will she ever be able to afford all the things she needs to buy for her family to have the best?!" The second pig is distraught, "This isn't what I had planned on? What will I do now?" The third pig, though upset remains hopeful, "Well, this wasn't expected, and I know even though I'll have to work harder for a bit to provide for my family, everything is going to be alright because the Lord will provide for us."
So the moral of the story is...be little piggy number three.
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash." Matthew 7:24-27
With love,
Tori
One of the skits the kids performed had the story line of the well-known tale The Three Little Pigs. There were three little pigs and they had all moved out. The mother pig was on her way to visit all of her children to check in with them to see how they were doing. When she came to the first little pig's house, this pig went on and on about how well her family was doing. They had the best! The best that money could buy. TV'S, phones, cars, clothes, you name it, they had it. This pig spent all her time keeping up with the Joneses. The mother tried to talk to the first little pig, but she wouldn't listen. She continued to boast about how she had given her kids everything her mother couldn't give her as a little pig.
So the mother left a little down and worried and moved on to the second little pig's house. This little pig's house was immaculate. Not a speck of dust, everything neat and tidy, and all things went according to plan. The second little pig raved about his organization and how he spent all his time keeping things just right. The mother with a concerned look on her face asked about his children. He responded with something like, "Oh, I don't see them very much because I'm just so busy making sure everything goes according to plan." (Unfortunately, I know this second little pig all too well.) So disappointed again, the mother moves onto the third little pig's house.
Just like in the original story, the third little pig is always a little different than the first two. The same is true in the skit the kids performed. The mother pig gets to the third little pig's house and sits down to chat. She notices his table's varnish has dulled. He has a tattered quilt hanging on the chair. His Bible's cover is worn and torn and the pages have yellowed. She begins talking with him and asking him how he is doing. He tells her he is doing wonderful and his family is great! She asks hesitantly, "Wonderful? Are you sure? Everything you have is pretty worn out looking. Why is that?" He explains well to her that everything he and his family has gets used quite a bit. The table for instance. They eat family meals, the kids do their homework, they even use it to do family devotional time. He goes on and talks about how his family puts their focus on living according to the Bible and that though they might not have much, they have what they need. This time the mother leaves feeling a little hopeful.
The scene switches and all three little pigs receive a letter from Mr. A. Hairy Wolf letting them know the company they all work for is having cutbacks and all three of them are one of the so-called cutbacks. The three of them no longer have a job. The first pig is hysterical, "How will she ever be able to afford all the things she needs to buy for her family to have the best?!" The second pig is distraught, "This isn't what I had planned on? What will I do now?" The third pig, though upset remains hopeful, "Well, this wasn't expected, and I know even though I'll have to work harder for a bit to provide for my family, everything is going to be alright because the Lord will provide for us."
So the moral of the story is...be little piggy number three.
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash." Matthew 7:24-27
With love,
Tori
That is a cute little skit! Not sure how this relates but all I can think of is how I have trouble cleaning fingerprints/hand prints away in my house because I once read a story about an older lady who was so lonely in her home without her kids and she just wished she had one more handprint to clean up and one more dirty dish to wash that didn’t belong to herself!
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