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By Terri Schuster
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As I sit contemplating the insightful sermon, after which I was blessed and cleansed with our Lord's blood at Sunday Supper, an overwhelming wave of emotion swept through my body and soul. Today was to be a strange day indeed, as the Lord had just touched me with the Holy Spirit in a way I'd never experienced before!
"Where are the tickets?", my husband hollered from down the hall. My father has been a season ticket holder since I was 5 years old, so going to all the home games was a tradition I am now passing on to my family. "In my purse!", I retorted. Normally it would be my husband and our two children attending the big game but today was to be different.
This year we had invited two friends from our old neighborhood to attend with us. Since neither of them had ever attended a live sporting event, the excitement level was off the scale! Stress however, was causing me to walk a fine line, sweat was now running down the back of my neck as I tried to focus on all the preparations. As my eyes darted from person to person, I began to feel unpleasantly angry. I took a deep breathe and hoped the nausea would pass,
but for some reason my mind wouldn't let it.
Misty and Eugenia had arrived from Ohio the previous night and were sipping on cocktails with my husband already, out on our patio. Through the window a scene was unfolding that left me feeling isolated and very alone. Seeing the three of them huddled up like the team, totally engulfed in their own agenda while spewing loud laughs in my direction, left me all alone like unwanted baggage!
Just then I remembered the wave of emotion which had engulfed me while in the Lord's House early that morning. The sermon that morning was on marriage, partnership and being faithful to your spouse. So pushing my feelings to the back of my mind, I began to convince myself I was just overreacting and having a jealous fit of emotion that would pass, as we ventured further into the day! After all I reminded myself the lesson to be learned from our Lord, that a jealous heart is a sinful heart and I didn't want to fall into the devil's trap of angry rage. So, I prayed right then and there for God to grant me the fortitude to fight this feeling and by the prayers end I knew he was with me all along!
Wow what a zoo, there are people everywhere being herded as if in a maze, unable to move unless those around you moved as well. Like mice, all trying to find their piece of cheese, good thing we each took our ticket before we headed into the sea of football frenzy! Look out here comes a wave! It will knock you down if your not strongly rooted. Thankfully I am, because without those roots acting as an anchor of Faith I would be lost in a life of angry turmoil. I have my ticket do you?
The biggest game in town, the Super Bowl isn't about football, it's about God's love for each and everyone of his teammates and their victory is Christ's touchdown in the final seconds of the game, when he died for all our sins on the cross! I got my ticket to life's Super Bowl when I was baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. I am a season ticket holder who never plans on giving up my seat next to God in Heaven!
Sunday and everyday are great days to cheer for your favorite team, so break out your banners, megaphones and get the tailgate party started, God's team has taken the field! We as His fans and teammates need to get angry, angry enough to beckon each and every soul to purchase their ticket. Sinners need Baptism to ride the Lord's wave of victory. So, grab God's baptismal ball and run for your life's touchdown! Every
believer's quest is to enter the Lord's Hall of Fame ..... Heaven !
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