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Do I have anything good to say about sport?

When sport is about appreciating what wonderful things we can achieve with our bodies and we are giving God the credit for this ability, then sport can be a very good thing; something to share with your family as you teach your kids the joy of hitting a target or running fast. I can tell you about a sport which goes back to Bible times.  In Judges 20:16 "There were seven hundred chosen men left handed; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth and not miss." Perhaps that should be a "new" sport at the Olympics.  However professional sport is all about,"Look at me, I'm the best" Often that best is only a tenth of a second better than number two. The sportsman also becomes an object of worship.  People who have turned away from the real God have a huge vacuum in their lives and their need to worship, turns to hero worship for the sportsman.  Also I do not like the way sportsmen drive themselves into injury and sometimes to death, which seems to feel like human sacrifice. Of course it's not just sport that can get out of hand and take us away from God.  Anything that takes up a huge amount of our time and effort will do this.  Just to make things more difficult we can let our church life take over in a way that is not honouring to God.  Can we ever win? With an honest approach to where we are we can turn back to God and with His help we can give Him the worship that is due to Him alone.Read more of my stuff on Squidoo.
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