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D4G – Rulz
Posted by admin | Posted in Devotion | Posted on 25-02-2009
Matthew 22:37-39 (NIV)
“Jesus replied: ” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.”
When starting a new group, or heading into a new place to adventure in game with friends I tell them about the 3 rules I have.
- The first rule is to have fun. What is the point of playing a game that you do for enjoyment if you don’t. . well. . enjoy it.
- Pay attention to your team mates.
- Have fun.
Ok, so its more like two rules. So sue me. The point is I want you to have fun. If you pay attention to what your friends are doing, and react accordingly, you will more than likely have a good time. Of course there are always times when things can go really wrong that lead to endless spurts of laughter.
Like the time in WoW I was marking mobs for a tricky pull. Tanya was tanking on her paladin, I was on my mage, read glass cannon. I started to mark them when I reached for my number 1 above my keyboard instead of the number one on my numerical keypad. Well, number 1 on my keyboard was for my blink ability which in essence makes me jump several yards forward. So instead of being all sneaky and marking the bad guys for kill order I ended up introducing myself face to face with some rather large Naga, which promptly pounded my cloth wearing self into the ground, then went after the group. No one minded the wipe, we where all to busy laughing our rears off.
But the point is have fun and work with people.
So when they asked Jesus what where his rules he summed it up perfectly. Love God and love others.
It is not enough to just love God. You might think the most of Him, you might try to do all you can for him, but if you do not love others, if you do not show them the love that Christ showed us then . . well. . what is the point? Unfortunately doing an accidental face pull with someones life is not as funny as it is in a game where no one really gets hurt. Its for eternity.
Love God with all your heart soul and mind, and love others as you do yourself.
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