Sitting in the seat of Mockers!

We were given some free tickets to a childrens concert (for Special Needs kids and their families) - promising to be lots of fun for tots in the 2-6yr age bracket... so off we went on Saturday. We eagerly awaited some special time with the younger two who sometimes need a little extra of Daddy and Mummy ...

After sitting in the huge hall for about 5-10 min. we just had to leave. The early introduction by the "comedian" involved asking everyone to turn to their neighbour and call them a rather un-repeatable name - because "this is the only chance you can ever say that to your parents!" and was followed by a trail (in between "humour") of profane words.... and then in an attempt for the 'actor/comedian' to mount a unicycle with a straight jacket on - made all sorts of inappropriate comments about parts of his anatomy....

Honesty, I cannot understand anyone would call that appropriate, especially to the above mentioned age group. David and I could stomach no more and found the exit promptly...

I also found a 'joke' about "getting brain damage twice" quite off / bad taste...

so...

what were we to do to show our young ones that we really meant to simply take them out and enjoy being with them?... well, we settled on the humble playground of MacDonalds...

It all brought me back to the verse in Psalm 1 about not "sitting in the seat of mockers" but delighting in "the law of the Lord" and meditating on Him.

What pleasures for the mind and peace can be found in Him!