KOTH: How To Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying
All Jesus did that day was tell stories--a long storytelling afternoon.
Episode #14 (rank #77) 9/21/1997
When Bobby discovers a talent for target shooting, Hank thinks this could be his chance to bond with his son. The only problem: Hank can't shoot. Ashamed to admit that he can't use a gun properly, Hank refuses to enter the father-son fun-shoot with Bobby.
Quotes:
Dale: Guns don't kill people, the government does.
Hank: The NRA is a Washington, D.C. based organization. Are you telling me you support Washington D.C.? (Everyone looks at Dale)
Dale: That's a thinker.
Dale: "Let me ask you this: a guy breaks into your house, but you don't have a gun; how are you going to shoot him?"
Boomhauer: "I tell you what man, that dang ole NRA's our rights man. The, the insurance together with dismemberment mie like that. You get like 20-thousand dollars just for beh, your arm blows off, man."
Bobby: "Then why doesn't he want to shoot with me in the tournament? Is he afraid I'm gonna embarrass him?"
Peggy: "Well... it must be, because he loves guns."
Hank: "Some times people choke, Bobby. We just gotta be proud that God took the time to give us a fault."
Sports Psychologist: "Imagine the dart flying from your gun to the target. Don't pull the trigger until you can see it."
Hank (while aiming, has flashback of a menacing Cotton): "(Shaking) Huh, whenever I start to shoot -- even aim -- I, I remember me as a boy, My Dad behind me yelling, and I always let him down. I was so scared of..."
Sports Psychologist: "Hank please, you're wasting valuable session time."
(Announcer at shooting tournament) Announcer: "The format for today is the same as last year: start with the tandem shoot; then the quick draw; followed by the pretend-to-be-sleeping-grab-the-loaded-gun-under-the-bed-and-shoot-a-figure-in-the-shadows..."
Hank: "Look at that, we're in second place."
Luanne: "Good news! The McKays just came out of ‘The Gauntlet,' and the younger one blew away an entire picnicking family!"
Cotton: "Sorry I'm late. I had to stop by the wax museum again and give the finger to FDR."
Analysis:
GOD, slow to get angry and huge in loyal love,
forgiving iniquity and rebellion and sin;
Still, never just whitewashing sin.
But extending the fallout of parents' sins
to children into the third,
even the fourth generation.
Even though we're saved by grace through faith & are redeemed thoroughly, past sin has consequences that often remain & can persist much longer than we could/would anticipate. Cotton did such a number on Hank as a kid, that his future relationship w/his own son if effected by it. When you factor in the ideals & how we interact w/our heavenly Father are drawn from those of our earthly 1's, relational sin carries with it much more predominance.
Episode #14 (rank #77) 9/21/1997
When Bobby discovers a talent for target shooting, Hank thinks this could be his chance to bond with his son. The only problem: Hank can't shoot. Ashamed to admit that he can't use a gun properly, Hank refuses to enter the father-son fun-shoot with Bobby.
Quotes:
Dale: Guns don't kill people, the government does.
Hank: The NRA is a Washington, D.C. based organization. Are you telling me you support Washington D.C.? (Everyone looks at Dale)
Dale: That's a thinker.
Dale: "Let me ask you this: a guy breaks into your house, but you don't have a gun; how are you going to shoot him?"
Boomhauer: "I tell you what man, that dang ole NRA's our rights man. The, the insurance together with dismemberment mie like that. You get like 20-thousand dollars just for beh, your arm blows off, man."
Bobby: "Then why doesn't he want to shoot with me in the tournament? Is he afraid I'm gonna embarrass him?"
Peggy: "Well... it must be, because he loves guns."
Hank: "Some times people choke, Bobby. We just gotta be proud that God took the time to give us a fault."
Sports Psychologist: "Imagine the dart flying from your gun to the target. Don't pull the trigger until you can see it."
Hank (while aiming, has flashback of a menacing Cotton): "(Shaking) Huh, whenever I start to shoot -- even aim -- I, I remember me as a boy, My Dad behind me yelling, and I always let him down. I was so scared of..."
Sports Psychologist: "Hank please, you're wasting valuable session time."
(Announcer at shooting tournament) Announcer: "The format for today is the same as last year: start with the tandem shoot; then the quick draw; followed by the pretend-to-be-sleeping-grab-the-loaded-gun-under-the-bed-and-shoot-a-figure-in-the-shadows..."
Hank: "Look at that, we're in second place."
Luanne: "Good news! The McKays just came out of ‘The Gauntlet,' and the younger one blew away an entire picnicking family!"
Cotton: "Sorry I'm late. I had to stop by the wax museum again and give the finger to FDR."
Analysis:
GOD, slow to get angry and huge in loyal love,
forgiving iniquity and rebellion and sin;
Still, never just whitewashing sin.
But extending the fallout of parents' sins
to children into the third,
even the fourth generation.
Even though we're saved by grace through faith & are redeemed thoroughly, past sin has consequences that often remain & can persist much longer than we could/would anticipate. Cotton did such a number on Hank as a kid, that his future relationship w/his own son if effected by it. When you factor in the ideals & how we interact w/our heavenly Father are drawn from those of our earthly 1's, relational sin carries with it much more predominance.
posted by lee at 11:15 PM
2 Comments:
So true...as parents we need to be sure the chains of negative influence are broken so that we can start a new, healthy chain of relationship with our kids...their kids....
I found that many folks in recovery have been impacted by the "sins of their father." I heard someone say that Jesus is the physican. We need to be healed by the Great Physican not to be judged by his followers. Our brokenness often leads us to sin and it has long term consequences. I talked to a lady the other day who had an abortion when she was a young girl. Some people would say that it was her sin nature and self seeking ways that led her to have sex and then a downward spiral into an abortion.
Listening to her story, I heard one of a person who was abused as a kid and was looking for love and was lost-- and needed to be found. The impact was one that remained long afterward. But when Jesus looked down from the cross he saw beauty in a soul that was worth the price of his life. God looked at her through the eyes of love. She wasn't a no good piece of shit sinner who need to be "saved", she was a lost, hurt, and afraid child in exhile who needed to be set free from captivity. She needed a GOd who "believed" in her enough so that she could discover her worth as a human being in the eyes of the God who created her.
Hey, we need to talk smetime? How's Thursday look?
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