Right in front of you

 (pretty much the only Super Bowl I ever missed... saw the very last play though!)

Right in front of you

The Super Bowl draws incredible interest each and every year. Even people who don’t watch or care much for football get caught up in the hoopla and hype of the big game.  Advertisers spend heavily in the hopes of gaining brand recognition during the breaks in the action on the field. The game is special to us also as our oldest daughter was born on Super Bowl Sunday the year the Rams won it all. Kurt Warner was the quarterback of that team and achieved enormous success throwing the ball. His arm was strong and he read defenses well, but his receivers found he also had the unusual ability to put the ball right where they could catch it without breaking stride. The ball invariably arrived at eye level directly on the path they were running.  Everything they needed for success was right there in front of them.

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Psalm 19:1

Trusting in the reality of the existence of God and the amazing love he has for us is a long road for some. They may look for signs and miracles.  They may seek intellectual knowledge or empirical evidence. They may look for examples in the changed lives of believing friends. All those steps, and many others, are perfectly valid and we shouldn’t begrudge other’s journeys. But too often we miss the truth that what we needed is right there in front of us all along.  The beauty and majesty of creation is all around us, proclaiming the truth of God’s glory.  The enormity of the ocean laid out before us at the beach. The amazing vistas seen from the tops of the mountains.  Even the miracle of a newborn baby on Super Bowl Sunday.   It’s all right there!

Brian

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Volume 7, Number 49