Here’s a story…

When I asked for a story yesterday, I needed it for a sermon today in class.  Here’s what I came up with…

One of my favorite games as a child was Candy Land.  You know the game – you’re a gingerbread boy or gingerbread girl.  Your objective is to navigate a colored pathway while surviving treacherous obstacles like the Molasses Swamp and Gumdrop Mountain.  With each card I would draw, the game would become more intense for me.

            Every time my dad’s family would get together, I would ambush my Aunt Patsy and Uncle Don with the board game.  Sometimes, they wouldn’t even make it to my Grandma’s porch without my asking the question, “Wanna play Candy Land?”  And like all good aunts and uncles, they would play with me.

            I know the experience wasn’t always pleasant for them.  I was a sore loser and a much poorer winner.  Whenever I would win the game, I’d stand up and walk around, beating an imaginary snare drum.  Then I’d bang on their heads saying, “I beat you like a drum!  Look Mom & Dad – I beat them like a drum.”  And they lovingly took the taunting.  When I asked to play again, they were always willing to say “Yes.”  Conveniently, I would almost always win.  And I’d walk around again, beating them like a drum.

            It was many years before I found out their dirty little secret about Candy Land.  They were cheating!  They had stacked the cards in such a way that early in the game I would conveniently draw one of the special cards that would send me to Lollipop Woods or the Ice Cream Float.  That would give me an insurmountable lead.  And, more important to my aunt and uncle, the game would be over much quicker.  I was totally oblivious.  So I continued to beat my drum as I celebrated my well-honed Candy Land playing skills.

It got a few laughs.  More than I expected.  Sure makes you want to hear the rest of the sermon, huh?

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Howdy. I'm Matt. My wife, Christy, and I have four kids and two dogs, I'm passionate about orphan care. I'm a die-hard fan of the Evansville Aces, the Indiana Hoosiers, and Star Wars. I'm trying to live life by the Todd family motto: "It behooves us to live!"
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