Late Night Showdown

When I was a wee lad.....

I used to live in Jacksonville, FL. It was only until I was five, so I don't remember much, but I do remember the church. Maybe it was being their every other day, or maybe just that I was the church child, and everyone loved me. I distinctly remember the way the church was set up, but more over the difference in the way things played out at church. Instead of Sunday School followed by Sermon, which was then followed by football at home, my church threw a curve ball. Every Friday night, as soon as the sun set, the TV would get turned off, along with all video games and "bad" music. We would pretty much go to bed early, because it was so boring. The reason behind these happenings was church. Saturday was the Sabbath, and it started Friday night. We would wake up at the crack of dawn and go have breakfast at the church, then Sunday school, then sermon, then something else. Eating was the something else. Sunday school and the sermon lasted FOREVER. Til 1 or 2 sometimes. So, every Saturday after church, we would have fellowship either at the church, or at someone's house, stay there until the sun began to set, and then go home. Saturday night marked the end of the Sabbath, and that meant the electronics and "baaaaaad" stuff got turned back on. I'm so glad my world has changed.