I can just hear Mrs. O on The Talk. “I am appalled! Imagine! A member of the clergy saying that!” Yesterday I felt like Mrs O.
Resetting the Compass – Day 12
Last night, on the Boston news, they went to a few churches in Boston and asked the pastors how they felt about Tim Tebow making such a blatant show of his faith on the football field. One pastor’s comment caused me to lift my head up from my book and say, “What? Did he really say that?” This one clergyman, standing in front of his grandiose church, actually said, and I quote, “I think God has better things to do than worry about whether or not Tim Tebow wins a football game.” Again, in Mrs. O’s English accent, “Imagine!”
God cares about the THINGS of every living plant, animal, and person on this Earth. Football is Tim Tebow’s THING. God cares very much about it for that reason. I’m a nobody and God cares about my THING. In God’s eyes, my THING and Tim Tebow’s THING are equally as important. Each and every one of our THINGS is of equal importance to God – right up there with world peace and the economy. That’s why He’s God. He is omnipotent. He doesn’t have to prioritize. Each one of our tiny, minute, prayers is of paramount importance to Him. For that pastor to stand there and say God has better things to do than listen to Tim Tebow is, as I so know Mrs. O would say, “Appalling!”
You see, it’s not the football game itself that engages God. It’s the work God does in Tim Tebow through the use of the game that means so much to him. For that pastor to dismiss what is important to Tim and suggest God feels the same way, makes me both mad and sad. Sad for the people that go to that church and listen to the teachings of such a man, and mad that a clergyman would even propose such a thing.
If I take away anything from this incident to help reset my compass this year, I come away with a renewed realization of just how important each and every thing I do and say, every second of every day, is to God. I matter. You matter. Tim Tebow and his football game matter.
And so, as another day goes by, this morning I thanked God that we have 50 yard line seats, fourth row up, right behind the Patriot’s bench, for this game….and I have written.
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