12/4/11

It’s basketball season again and we are in full swing.  Many schools begin with

tournaments in which teams are placed in positions on the brackets which will

decide their opponents. It may not seem fair but the better teams are given

the best opportunity to advance on the bracket so that the finals will probably be

the best playing the best.  However, sometimes there are upsets.  A team that

is not expected to win will upset a supposedly better team by beating them in the

early games.  That is why the games must be played you can’t

be sure who will win until the game is played.

Life is a little like this.  We are placed in situations that seem to be stacked

against us or it might seem that we should succeed easily.  In either case we

must ‘play the game’ to see how it will come out.  It may be a job situation,

a health problem or financial deal but whatever, we will need to see it through.

It is this fact that makes our knowledge of God’s help in all things

of great value.  God may not ‘fix’ the game but he is always there in our behalf.

                                                                          Bob