Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell
Mark Moore introduced me to Conrad. He is the little boy in Dr. Seuss's classic "On Beyond Zebra". Do you recall it? Conrad said he knew all the letters of the alphabet from A to Z and then proclaimed with much pride "So now I know EVERYTHING anyone knows, from beginning to end. From start to close. Because Z is as far as the alphabet goes". Conrad "almost fell flat on his face on the floor, when I picked up the chalk and drew one letter more". We don't know the name of this other little boy who started writing new letters from HIS alphabet, but we sure know one thing about him.......he rocked Conrad's world! He went on to tell Conrad
"You can stop, if you want, with the Z......because most people stop with the Z. But not ME! In the places I go there are things that I see that I NEVER could spell if I stopped with the Z. I'm telling you this cause you're one of my friends. MY alphabet starts where YOUR alphabet ends!" The young man introduces all kinds of new letters to Conrad, and then gets to one named "wum" and this is what he says about it...."So, on beyond Zebra! Explore! Like Columbus! Discover new letters! Like WUM is for WUMBUS, my high-spouting whale who lives high on a hill, and who never comes down til it's time to refill. So, on beyond Z! It's high time you were shown that you really DON'T know all there is to be known."
Mark challenged us to dare to go beyond Zebra......in ALL aspects of our lives. I've been in the boat with Conrad before. How about you? Let's discover some new letters ourselves....both as individuals and as a community of believers.
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Your post freaked me out - our Youth Pastor/Assoc. Preacher's name is Mark Moore, but it's not the guy you're talking about! It's weird because they even have the same middle initial - E!!! And his son is a Soph. @ Harding!
Anyway, I LOVE analogies & this one was cool! It's so easy to fall into the trap of "this is ALL we know" and when we apply this to God, then it puts Him in a box. Or as wise, old Rafiki says "Look beyond what you see." (From Lion King 1.5)
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