It's Clear to Me!!

I hope you have had a chance to watch some of the Olympics. We have watched some during prime time. I have really enjoyed the swimming events and I love to watch the track and field events. I have even gotten into the volleyball matches. What I do not enjoy is the gymnastics. It is not that I don’t appreciate the athleticism of the competitors. They are definitely some of the most athletic and strongest participants in the Olympics. What I don’t care for is the way their sport is judged. It is to ambiguous. There is not enough black and white there is only grey matter. In swimming and track and field either you or first or your not. There is not an arbitrator who is looking to see if you have perfect form in the backstroke or if your knees are coming up high enough when you run. They start the race and everyone waits to see who reaches the finish line first. Sometimes there is a close finish, but they have cameras to look frame by frame if need to so they can make the right call. It is the same if volleyball. A referee is watching to see that the game is played correctly and there is one to see if the ball is in or out, but there is not a judge to see if when diving to dig a ball you landed on the wrong knee before you hit it. In gymnastics they have rules, but they are not cut and dried. One judge sees it one way another sees it differently. It is so up in the air. Even the commentators don’t agree with the judging. In gymnastics they now even have video replay, but they still discuss and disagree with the correct score. As many of you may have seen their is so much frustration over who wins and who loses. Some say it is sour grapes when their favorite competitor doesn’t make the medal stand, some say it is fixed. I don’t know. I just wish the decisions were clear.
I do know that the subjective way in which the sport is judged got me to Just Thinking! I am glad that there is only one criteria for eternal life. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father but by me.” Now I don’t know about you, but that is pretty clear. That is not up for debate. There is no way that can be seen in any other light. Yet the world tries to make us believe that there are many ways obtain eternal life. They try to convince us that if we are good to our fellow man that we have an upper hand in receiving God’s reward. I will admit that servant hood is a by product of knowing God, but it is not the way to heaven. They also try to persuade us that there are other great people who have lived that can lead us to eternal life. The key for me is that they are talking about people who once lived and I am talking about someone who still lives. As we compete in our world everyday let’s not make the mistake of believing what we hear so often, “There are many ways to eternal life.” Let us not forget there is only one and His name is JESUS! I'm just thinking and wondering what you are thinking!!!
David