I took Lowery to an Orlando City Soccer Game on Sunday night. On the way there he hoped that it would not be a 0-0 game, because that would be boring. Uh oh! I love soccer and am really sensitive to the “Soccer is boring bug”. After pushing through the fear that I had already lost him, I found myself explaining the “build up”.
Building up to every goal is a series of split second decisions, precise skill, and an unspoken consciousness among teammates. It’s beautiful.
Imagine Van Gogh, Bach and Shakespeare collaborating on a Nick Cage movie . . . (take a second, that was profound) The point is . . . real soccer fans always want to see the build up. We even enjoy watching failed build ups. In fact, most of the game is a series of failed build ups.
I think this is why God enjoys living with us, he just really likes all that goes into the build ups. Where others see boredom, failure and loss God see’s a life that is building up to something beautiful.
Reminded me of this verse in Philippians 1,
“6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
Pastor Adam
Pastor Adam was born and raised in Seattle Washington always sensing God’s call to pastoral ministry. While attending Christian College he met Val, a nice girl from Orlando.