| GET REAL Bobby
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Hey Dana, How do you like my new umbrella? (Holds up small paper umbrella.)
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| Dana
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Bobby, you can’t go out in the rain with that!
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| Bobby
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Well why not? It’s an umbrella.
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| Dana
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Yes, but it is made of paper and it’s really small. It certainly won’t keep you dry.
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| Bobby
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But it didn’t cost me anything. It came free in my drink. I think I should use it.
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| Dana
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Bobby, If you want to stay dry you need to use the real thing not some fake umbrella. Here you can use mine.
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| Bobby
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Well thanks, I’ll just grab my lunch and I’m off.
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| Dana
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Wait! That’s not a real lunch.
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| Bobby
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What do you mean?
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| Dana
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Well, can’t you see that apple is made of plastic. If you eat that you’ll be sick.
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| Bobby
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Well it looks good.
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| Dana
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Just because something looks good doesn’t mean it’s real. You need to pay more attention. Here, take my apple.
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| Bobby
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Thanks, now I’ll just grab my glove for baseball practice after school and I’m off. (Picks up snow mitten.)
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| Dana
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Stop! You can’t play baseball with that kind of glove!
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| Bobby
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Picky, Picky, Picky what does it matter ?
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| Dana
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Well it matters a lot! You have to have the “real thing” to make the game easier. Trying to play with a snow mitten will make your game a LOT harder. In fact you will probably lose!
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| Bobby
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I never thought of it that way. So you mean that I need to choose the “real thing” and not just settle for whatever I see first?
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| Dana
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Yes, that’s right.
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| Bobby
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How do you know that?
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| Dana
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I learned it from the bible.
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| Bobby
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I didn’t think they had umbrella’s in the bible.
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| Dana
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That’s true, but I learned from the Israelites’ who, instead of worshiping our one true God, were worshiping false gods.
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| Bobby
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Oh yeah, I remember the story when they melted all their gold to build a huge golden calf. That was cool.
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| Dana
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If you think that was cool then you missed the point. God was mad that they were putting their faith in a false god (something they made) instead of worshiping HIM… our Sunday school teacher taught us that God wants us to focus on the ‘real thing’ in everything we do.
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| Bobby
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Oh I get it. I shouldn’t just settle for anything… I need the real thing if I want to be protected by God!
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| Dana
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YOU GOT IT… God is your protection! He’s the REAL thing!
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