I have been on a nice, long hot-air balloon ride. Just got back, and I found my computer under a basket in the attic…
I.
Let’s go back to the beginning of September:
The first part of the Redskins’ season was supposed to be easy.
After a near-certain loss to the Giants in the season-opener, it was supposed to be five gimmees before the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday, October 26.
Now the waning days of October are upon us. A whole lot of people are crooning the Redskins Blues.
But let us call to mind these words of our Lord:
Weep not for me but for your children. If this is what they do when the wood is green, what will they do when the wood is dry? (Luke 23:28,31)
Green wood (Weeks 2-6): Rams, Lions, Bucs, Panthers, and Chiefs
Dry wood (Wks 7-16): Eagles, Broncos, Cowboys, Saints, Giants, etc.
3-13 is a rosy scenario for this Redskins season. Pardon me while I get back in the balloon…
II.
The Lord Jesus helped us out by explaining life in His perspicacious parables.
For example: The one about how we are like servants awaiting our master’s return. Here is how it begins:
Gird your loins, and light your lamps, and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks. (Luke 12:35-36)
The Lord is urging us to be ready for the Final Reckoning, of course. But there is more.
I had always thought that the master could have been gone for any reason. Gone for a wedding, or gone fishing, or gone to find better football players on another continent, or gone on a weather-balloon ride–whatever. The point is that he is gone, and he could return anytime.
But of course it matters where he is. There are no throw-away lines in the parables of Christ.
The Master has gone to a wedding.
He took our human nature up to heaven. The angels rejoice. God has betrothed the human race to Himself. The Bridegroom stretched out His arms on the cross and won His Bride, and now the heavens are drunk with sober joy. They are dancing and singing the canticle which is too sublime for sound.
When He returns, He will be coming from the heavenly wedding banquet. He will bring the dew of angelic festivity with Him when He comes. He will be wearing the smile of the happy, chaste groom.
III.
A-Rod is OUT OF HIS MIND!!! (Click hot-link, and scroll down to 2009 post-season batting stats.)
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So out of curiosity, who is the 3 in 3-13?
Jeez–you’re nailing down the coffin. Will we lose all the rest of our games? Raiders? Chargers? Bueller? Anybody? Okay, we will lose them all.
HA!HA!HA! Did you enjoy your balloon ride?? 🙂
“When He returns, He will be coming from the heavenly wedding banquet. He will bring the dew of angelic festivity with Him when He comes. He will be wearing the smile of the happy, chaste groom.”
This quote really made me smile. We are consently bombarded with doom and gloom on the tv and radio on a daily basis and it is hard to keep things in perspective. This renews my hope and joy in Our Lord.
I hope that your ankle is feeling better!
Hey, Donovan McNabb came back from being benched in their loss to the Ravens last year and trounced the (soon to be in the Super Bowl) Arizona Cardinals on Thanksgiving Day in Week 13. And all the talk between his benching and the game was how McNabb was done in Philadelphia. So, in football, on any given Monday…
Mea culpa: 4-12.