Anyone who knows me knows that I despise sports. Not that I did not embibe a little when I was a kid. I think they are great for exercise and building skills and young bodies and minds.
BUT - we have taken it to an art-form in these last days and it has become our idol; a big dumb, senseless, time-sapping idol. We now worship it in place of Sabbath. I have a family member who had a good marriage, but it kind of fell apart due partly to sports. I noticed on FB that this family was foregoing church to go to Sunday sports engagements. It seemed to increase until I found out that the marriage had fallen apart. Not saying there was a direct cause - but the two seemed to correlate. I was profoundly saddened by it.
And the flip side, is the despising of the root cause of much woe in the world today. I never participate in sports convos at work. I just state that I am not into it and walk away. That is not cool in Canada where hockey is king. It is an obsession. I just cannot help but think about how idolized these sports celebs are - and how little people know about the life and works of Jesus. Usually, the two are inversely proportioned. The thing that we spend the most time and mental exertion on, is our idol (it could be a house, car, career/job or any other thing that we deem important).
We will get what we deserve:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhB7q0hpfjM
Gotta love Jonathan Cahn!
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