Get Ready To Resist The NFL

This was good for me to read in light of the fact that I have been a complete NFL fantasy football nerd for the past four years.  I don't think I am going to do it this year.  It demands too much emotional capital.  I know that sounds unbelievably juvenile, but it is what it is.  Dorky as it sounds it can be a bit consuming.

Ray Ortlund writes:

The NFL season starts soon. Great. I love football. But if only it were that simple. The NFL in its televised grandeur and inflated drama claims too much for itself. It claims too much of our attention on Sundays especially. Let’s get ready now to resist its over-reaching. Let’s get ready to put it in its true place, under Christ. So it’s like this, as August is soon upon us: “Hey Mr. NFL, good to see you again. Glad you’re back. Sure, I might be able to fit you into my iPhone calendar somewhere here. Umm, no, that’s filled. And that won’t work either. Uhhh — Oh, here’s an opening. Sure, I might have some time here . . . .”

Jesus, community, mission — I submit to these claims. I manage all others. Jesus alone is Lord. Jesus alone is joy. I will set no limits on him. I will set proper limits on everything else.

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