Let me explain.
I live in and around the Vancouver area. So right now in the playoff's its Canucks EVERYTHING! And I've noticed a few things about the Canucks goalie. Or, more appropriatly, the people who commentate on the Canucks goalie. I mean poor Robert Luongo. To explain lets go into "Somewhat Figurative Land"
So in this set of the playoffs the Canucks are facing the Kings. Now lets say for all three periods they are tied 0-0 and go into overtime. And then in over time one of the other Canuck players (as you can tell I have studied hockey intensely) scores! Yay! We win!
Suddenly everyone LOVES Luongo. I mean they love him. Everyone has posters of him and wants him to sign them. To sign their babies. To bless their babies. To have their babies (I'm sure).
They are ready to build a golden Luongo statue and have the province bow down to it at the blowing of the air horn! And all those who don't will be cast into the fiery furnace. To be run over repeatedly by the Zamboni
And don't you dare speak bad about Luongo. Oh no, he's a hockey god.
And then........comes the next game.
Canucks and Kings tied 2-2 goes into overtime. This time one of the Kings score. We lose.
Suddenly everyone hates Luongo! I mean he let three goals in people! THREE!
There's a cleansing of the high places going on. Tear down that golden statues, burn your posters replace them with Snyder (that's the other goalie right?) posters. Don't you dare speak good of that Lou guy.
He can't stop a hockey puck to save his life. No he only makes the big bucks to do so. But that's besides the point. He's awful! Through him under the Zamboni! Start another riot over how awful he is!
Hockey god? HA! More like Hockey slob!
And then - the next game, complete shut out for us - didn't even go into over time.
WE LOVE LUONGO! Re-put up that statue. Why was it taken down? Blow that air horn!
And so on and so on.
They only ever love him when he is doing good. They're ready to stone him when he isn't. Like the poor guy has to be perfect. No one can live up to perfections (asides Jesus of course)
God however, does not act like this. He doesn't just love you when you are rockin it. When you helped that old lady cross the street. When you return a child to their mother. When you got an A on your biology test (without cheating). And he doesn't hate you when you tell a lie or when you back talk to your mom, or if you lost your job. God doesn't hate you when you just aren't perfect.
God LOVES you.
And what is love?
Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
LOVE NEVER FAILS
(1 Corinthians 13:4-8a)
God is not a hypocrite. He will not believe in you, hope for you, endure for you only when you're doing good. And He won't fail you when you are doing horrible. God LOVES you.
God is not a hockey fan.
Hollie.
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