Even so, Jacky recently tried to put things in perspective in one of his daily e-mail devotions. I quote the following excerpt with Jacky's permission:
Our nation has become obsessed with sports. Who will win the Super Bowl? Will the Big Blue of Kentucky win another NCAA basketball title? Will this recruit or that recruit choose our school? How is my NFL fantasy team doing? I’m a huge sports fan, just ask anyone who knows me, but may I remind you of a few things:
While you’re consumed with a game, someone will lose a child;
Another murder will take place;
Some people will learn that they have cancer;
A wife with children will stand by a flag-draped casket and tell their soldier goodbye;
A young person will be molested;
Babies will be aborted;
A person will die of starvation or freeze to death; and
Another lost person will die without Christ and spend eternity apart from Christ.
Sports have their place in our society, but many things are far more important. If you and I spent as much time building a relationship with our family or God, this world may change. We are consumed by our own desires, never thinking of others or heavenly things.
Many of us are way too concerned with things that don’t matter and not concerned about the things that DO matter. “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things” (Colossians 3:2).
Thank you, Jacky. You've given us food for thought.
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