Celebration
Fans from New Orleans at Super Bowl experienced exultant celebration as confetti showered down, tearful comments were expressed, and the joyful lifting of the Lombardi trophy by owners, coaches, and players. A season of hard work, exercise, hard fought combats culminated in this final victory. All this for a trophy and a season lasting only one year. The passion and joy expressed and experienced lifted all who participated in any way, even as spectators.
Fans from New Orleans at Super Bowl experienced exultant celebration as confetti showered down, tearful comments were expressed, and the joyful lifting of the Lombardi trophy by owners, coaches, and players. A season of hard work, exercise, hard fought combats culminated in this final victory. All this for a trophy and a season lasting only one year. The passion and joy expressed and experienced lifted all who participated in any way, even as spectators.
What kind of celebration can you imagine when you and I celebrate around the throne of God in our final experience of victory? Or have we forgotten that we too are in a season of combat, one that lasts a lifetime. How we choose to participate individually will make all the difference. For those of us who know Christ as Savior, the way that we engage in the season of our lifetimes will result in how we expereince that final evaluation. Many times I fear I forget how current challenges are simply a pre-season contest preparing me for an eternity prepared especially for me.
At the Super Bowl, one team left defeated, one celebrated victory. Our culminating meeting with the Savior will leave some celebrating and some suffering loss. (I Cor. 3:10-14) How we choose to live will determine the quality of that encounter. It does make a difference how we live.
Gwynne Johnson
Gwynne Johnson currently serves on the Board of Entrust, Inc., an international education and training mission where she authored the Entrust curriculum, Developing a Discerning Heart. She recently served as Co-Chair of the training project, Christian Women in Partnership, Russia and as Senior Director of Women's Ministry at Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas. Gwynne has a M.A. in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary. She currently lives in Huntsville, Texas with her husband of 58 years, Don. She works part-time in her daughter and granddaughter's bakery "The Best Box Ever," where she gets paid in cookies.
