The thrilling, two part, play by play description of an imaginary football game, between Christianity and The Forces Of Evil.
Sooo clever! I listened to both and enjoyed it all from start to finish. I hope everyone takes the time to listen.
"Criticism does his usual job of kicking"! "Almost blocked, by...Good Intentions"! "Brought down by....Chastisement"! "Prayer, Bible Study, and Church Attendance" out front, doing the blocking"! Good stuff!
I didn't read the article but I'm guessing they'll say that "Yes" is correct. Everything is part of God's plan. We don't know his exact reasons but we do know that it's for our own good. Whatever comes about, God uses to teach us life's lessons of priorities, courage, patience, self-control, kindness, forgiveness, etc. He uses wins and losses both…to draw us closer to our fellow man and to a relationship with God….and to guide us down the right path. There's not one experience in our lives that God doesn't care about.
I read it as saying that God cares for the individuals on the teams, rather than the Teams. I really don't think God sees any number, higher than "1"!
I totally agree Joe, but my comment was assuming that there might be "1" on the losing team that he was ministering to when he allowed the loss of the team to happen. Or there may have been more that one he was trying to minister to aka teach the things I mentioned above…there are many "1's" that make up a team after all. God is a master of multi-tasking lol. God can even minister to many "1's" on the winning team too . His plan for each of us is more complicated than our minds can even fathom.