>> The Super Bowl gave everyone a chance to be a winner, and a loser. The Falcons won the first half, handily. The Patriots dominated the second half. The Patriots won the overtime and the trophy was theirs. I'm not sure who won the halftime or the best commercial award. I do know that between the high ticket prices, huge cost to the advertisers, money bet on the game, sports clothing purchases and a host of other "costs", a lot of money changed hands and while some people came away richer, a lot of people didn't.
We had a good time watching, eating, socializing, eating, relaxing, cheering and eating; and though we were disappointed in the result, we had a nice time, got up Monday morning to return to our usual routine and made plans to distribute our leftover food to co-workers at the Mission. We didn't have as much to distribute since Jasper, our hosts' dog ( a Husky) came in to watch the overtime and caught up quickly on the food available, couldn't have cared less what the score of the game was or who won. Between the food and a lot of attention, I think he was the big winner of the night.
Last year we celebrated the Bronco win. This year we mourned the Falcon loss and recalled the way we felt when Denver lost so badly to the Seahawks in 2014. But, life does go on. It is, after all, only a game, but a game we seem to give a great deal of importance to. With so many serious issues facing our country and our world, and the more vocal and demonstrative ways people are expressing their opinions about these issues, we have much reason to be concerned; and more reason than ever to find better ways to resolve our differences and find the common thread which can bring us together and keep us from destroying each other and our way of life.
If we fail in this, there will not be a winner, but rather, we will all be losers, expressing one big and awful......OOPS. May God be our source of strength and the One who leads us to our ultimate victory in Jesus Christ.
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