Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Shofar - Shogood

This morning when I woke up I felt better than I have in a long time. Some things in my life are difficult right now and I have been quite depressed because of it. Well when I got up this morning, I took my shower and went back into the bedroom to get ready for the new day. As I looked around I saw the Shofar that I bought while I was in Israel and thought to myself, "I wonder if I could get a sound out of that?" A shofar, for those that don't know, is a ram's horn that was used for religious practices. It could be a call to worship, or even to battle. I thought to myself, "It is a new day!" and blew my horn. At first I couldn't get anything out of it, but remembered what my wife said about the trombone, "You have to have the right ambiture." So I tried it and I actually got a sound out of it. I was quite impressed with myself. It was a new day!

That is when I got out into the living room where my wife was. She said that she was wondering what I was doing. At first she thought I was blowing my nose - No I don't think that is it. Then she thought that maybe I was harboring a pet elephant - but she decided that that was probably not it either. Then she thought, "OHHHHHHH! He is tooting his own horn!" Well not in so many words but we had a laugh and have started our new day. Anyway the days has been Shofar - Shogood! Hope yours is a blast. LOL

4 comments:

Chaundra said...

What Scott failed to mention, was that the Shofar has an incredibly nasty taste/smell to it (it is a ram's horn after all) that actually sticks around on the lips of the one blowing it afterwards. So the first thing he does is come in and try to kiss me. I tryed my hardest to resist, but he got 2 good ones on me. Fortunately, the horn has had a few years to air out, so the residue from the blow wasn't even noticable in the end. Praise God! He did get one really good blow on that thing too!

Unknown said...

I can't stop laughing! I can see Chaundra first wondering what the noise is then trying to get away from Scott's kisses. Thanks for the laugh and um next time I see you if I laugh you will know why!

Electric Monk said...

Man, I want a shofar so bad. I think every guy should be legally required to keep one in his sock drawer.

Scooter said...

Clint you are so Random! I don't think I would keep it in my sock drawer because then it would really stink - LOL