Numbers 32:1-6, 16-27
Psalms 1, 2, 3
Romans 8:26-30
Matthew 23:1-12
Romans 8:26-30
Yesterday we were watching the Wimbledon Men's Final. This is almost a religious ritual for a Brit. Wimbledon, A Levels and GCS Exams are held at the same time of year and this is a problem. How to Wimbledon is due concentration and keep the parents at bay. GCSE s are taken at the end of tenth grade and the results are partly used as a basis for offers to university. A levels taken in the final weeks of high school form the complete basis for acceptence to university. During the year students are given the offer of a place based on their A Level performance, hence the whole future hinges on those exams. And they happen at the same time as Wimbledon.
There is silence whilst play is in progress but play is not silent. The shout of the Umpire as the ball touches the line, the thump of the ball as the 124 mile an hour serve smashes the line, the whack of the ball leaving the racket and always the grunt of a player as he energizes the ball. Nadal is a grunter. Groans that words cannot express as the whole of the body and mind is spent on succeeding, of gaining the point.
This is the amount of effort that the Holy Spirit is willing to spend on the true desires of my heart. There is no point in playing a final without faith in winning.
There is silence whilst play is in progress but play is not silent. The shout of the Umpire as the ball touches the line, the thump of the ball as the 124 mile an hour serve smashes the line, the whack of the ball leaving the racket and always the grunt of a player as he energizes the ball. Nadal is a grunter. Groans that words cannot express as the whole of the body and mind is spent on succeeding, of gaining the point.
This is the amount of effort that the Holy Spirit is willing to spend on the true desires of my heart. There is no point in playing a final without faith in winning.
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