February 9, 2016. Madison, GA. Winning

For the second time since we've been on the road, we had the opportunity to try to watch the Super Bowl and the Denver Broncos and Peyton Manning and the boys go for the title. In 2014, we couldn't get our computer connected to the game and had to endure a frustrating search and an even more frustrating game as the Broncos took it on the chin from Seattle. We were kind of glad, in hindsight, not to have seen the blow by blow.
This year we tried to use a laptop connected to a flat screen TV in the Mission Kids Room of the Headquarters building, and for the first half had little success other than seeing the first drive, but not the field goal or anything thereafter. When we got back to the motor home, Hugh was able to pick up CBS on his TV antenna and we were able to see the whole second half and the resulting Bronco victory.
It's fun to have your "team" win, but with the emphasis of our lives being less focused on sports and other "worldly" things, we are more tuned in to the spiritual and eternal and we are rooting for the ministries we serve and seeing the winning efforts of missionaries, prayers answered and lives saved and changed. That may sound "churchy" or like a Sunday School answer, but Karen and I have really found peace and joy in serving as we have at The Great Passion Play and at Source of Light Ministries. When the bell rings In the Madison Discipleship School and we hear that another person has accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, we celebrate that victory and for that person, it will mean more than their team winning the Super Bowl. We are always available to talk with veterans about their benefits and VA matters, so our lives are more focused on the needs of others and trusting God to take care of our personal issues and concerns. God has been more than sufficient in meeting every need, even when it seems that we are facing an impossible situation or tough decision. Through it all we continue to trust and believe: God is Good. All the time. All the time. God is Good.

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