Monday, December 5, 2011

ON PUBLIC DISPLAYS AND MENTIONS OF ONE'S FAITH

THE IDIOT & LIBERAL-LACED MEDIA ARE HAVING
A CONNIPTION!  THEY ARE AFFRONTED BY THE
"BLATANT" REFERENCES TO FAITH AS ANNOUNCED
BY PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES IN PARTICULAR.  HUMPH.

CINDY AND I ARE GRATIFIED WHEN WE HEAR AN
AFTER-GAME INTERVIEWEE GIVE CREDIT TO GOD OR
JESUS CHRIST FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE(S) OR VICTORIES!

THE LATEST "TARGET" OF CRITICISM, OF COURSE, IS
DENVER BRONCO'S QUARTERBACK, TIM TEBOW.  IT'S
BEEN LONG-KNOWN THAT TEBOW IS A CHRISTIAN,
OF THE "BORN-AGAIN" TYPE, AND THAT HE HAS BEEN
VERY ACTIVE IN HIS CHURCH, WITH MISSIONS WORK,
AND SHARING OF HIS TESTIMONY TO GOD'S GRACE.

IT WAS ONE THING FOR TIM TO GIVE LAUDS TO HIS
CREATOR OR SAVIOUR AFTER HIS COLLEGE GAMES,
AFTER ALL, THERE WAS A "LIMITED" AUDIENCE.
BUT NOW THAT HE'S A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER,
WITH POSSIBLY MILLIONS WATCHING THE GAMES AND
THE ENSUING INTERVIEWS, THE "LAMESTREAM" OF
SPORTS ANNOUNCERS ARE BRISTLING AT HIS OVERT
DISPLAY AND MENTION OF HIS "RELIGION".

TOUGH!!  YOU WORLDLINGS ARE NEVER INTIMIDATED
WHEN CONVERSING ABOUT YOUR CAR, YOUR GOLF GAME,
YOUR FAMILY, YOUR JOB, YOUR SPOUSE, OR ANY OF
A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES OR POSSESSIONS.  WHAT,
WERE YOU HATCHED FROM AN EGG, AND RAISED IN
THE "OUTBACK"?

WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, SPORTS FAN?
WHAT SUBJECTS OCCUPY YOUR CONVERSATIONS?
TO WHOM DO YOU GIVE CREDIT FOR YOUR SUCCESSES,
OR BLAME FOR YOUR FAILURES?

ARE YOU "RELIGIOUS" AT ALL?
HAVE YOU EVER OR NEVER ATTENDED CHURCH?
DO YOU PRAY?  TO WHOM?  ABOUT WHAT?

ARE YOU OFFENDED BY TEBOW'S AND OTHERS'
PROCLAMATIONS OF FAITH, CONVERSION, AND
EXPERIENCES IN THEIR CHRISTIAN WALKS?  WHY?

MAYBE YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO WHAT TIM HAS
THAT HAS MADE HIM THE ICON THAT HE WAS IN
COLLEGE, IN LIFE, AND NOW AS A PRO!

MY PRAYER IS THAT MORE PEOPLE, OF ALL WALKS
OF LIFE, INCLUDING SPORTS, WILL UNASHAMEDLY
LIVE OUT THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH JESUS!  A
BOWED HEAD, A VOCAL PRAYER, A FINGER POINTED
HEAVENWARD, AND A QUIET, HUMBLE SPIRIT ARE
ELEMENTS THAT MORE PEOPLE, WHETHER IN OR
OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE, NEED TO DISPLAY AS
TESTIMONY TO THE SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST, AND
TO THE FATHER/CREATOR WHO GIVES US ALL THE
ABILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BE SUCCESSFUL,
WHATEVER OUR PURSUIT OR PATHWAY IN LIFE!

P.S. - TIM IS A WINNER!  HIS 7 WINS WITH ONLY 1
LOSS THIS SEASON PROVES THAT!  BUT, TIM'S A
WINNER, ALSO, IN LIFE, THANKS LARGELY TO HIS
(AND MY) REDEEMER/SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST!

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