Props:
Stack of books.
Marty
Mountaineer: (Enters carrying a stack of books.) These are heavy!
Larry
Low:
(Looking at Marty Mountaineer) What are all those books for?
Marty
Mountaineer: So I know what to
do. (Picking a book out of the stack and
looking at it.) I need this book for telling me what animals I might see on
my mountain hike. (Picking another book
out of the stack and looking at it.) This book is about all the trees and
flowers. (Picking another book out of the
stack and looking at it.) And this book has more animals in it.
Larry
Low:
You want to take all those books with you?
Marty
Mountaineer: Yes.
Larry
Low:
And when you want to know something, you will stop and read all the
books?
Marty
Mountaineer: Yes.
Larry
Low:
Don't you think it would be better to read the books before
you take your hike?
Marty
Mountaineer: But, I can't
remember everything!
Larry
Low:
Start with one book. You are
going on a mountain hike. So pick
out one book on mountains. Read
that book. After you finish reading it, read another book.
Marty
Mountaineer: I will start with
a book on mountain animals. I want to know all about the mountain animals I
might see.
Larry
Low:
That would be a good place to start.
Marty
Mountaineer: Let me think. I
might see a mountain lion, a bear, or a hairy yak. I could even see a golden
eagle.
Larry
Low:
many animals live on mountains.
Marty
Mountaineer: There are too
many. Maybe I should carry all the
books with me on my hike.
Larry
Low:
Marty Mountaineer, there are times when we can't carry books with us. We need to learn or memorize things that will help us.
Marty
Mountaineer: What do you mean?
Larry
Low:
Well, do you have your Bible with you?
Marty
Mountaineer: (Pauses.) No.
Larry
Low:
There are times when we can't carry our Bible with us.
That is why God tells us something very special in Psalm 119:11, "Thy
word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee."
Marty
Mountaineer: Oh, I need to
memorize, or learn, Bible verses so I'll know what to do-even when I don't have
a Bible with me!
Larry
Low:
That's right.
Marty
Mountaineer: Knowledge-it's an
inside thing!
Larry
Low:
Yes! We need to know what
the Bible says so we can do what Jesus wants us to do.
Marty
Mountaineer: I need to know
what the Bible says because it is my compass and my light!
Larry
Low:
You are learning many things. Soon
you will be ready to hike the heights!
Marty
Mountaineer: Time for me to go
read some books. I need to have inside knowledge about mountains!
Larry
Low:
Bye kids!