Fantasy Football

Fantasy. Football.

Two words that should never be placed in the same sentence as Heaven, Hell, Easter, wedding anniversary, or a child's birthday. In the midst of all the excitement down here in Texas over football, don't forget that story is so small compared to ours as followers of Jesus. Our excitement, our passion, our enthusiasm for G-D should be evident to all with whom we come into contact. We're G-D's biggest fans!!

It's game time!

Mark 5:21-24a

I love the picture we're presented here. Desperate times call for desperate measures. A dad is about to loose his daughter and is looking for someone - ANYONE - who can help.

So he falls at the feet of Jesus.

Are we ever that desperate? Those of us who have grown up with Jesus as our best friend, do we have that kind of humility and do we recognize our need for Jesus to go with us. Because Jesus' response to desperation is walking with the person. He went with Jairus.

Jesus is someone who enters into the fray, dives into the mess and walks with people. We are called to do the same.

And it doesn't matter who the person is. We have a demon-possessed man doing it right before Jairus - a chazan. (Jairus functioned as the worship leader in one of the synagogues. He was probably an important person and well thought of in his community.)

At Jesus' feet is a great place to be. It hurts, but it is good.