Day 27: Wake up and recover your life!
Scripture focus: By faith, we see the world called into existence by God's word, what we see created by what we don't see. Hebrews 11:3
At our house, March Madness is more important than most national holidays and religious events. We believe that filling out our brackets is more important than homework. Competition for being the best picker of the winners in the NCAA tournament is fierce.
When I choose my picks, I generally have three criteria: conference affiliation, team uniform colors and uniform style. There are some exceptions. I generally pull for the ACC teams, unless a particular team beat my beloved Virginia Cavaliers in an embarrassing manner during the regular season. I will never pick a team that combines purple and yellow on their uniform. That's practically a sin. Burgundy is a tricky red tone, and can lead to early disqualification if not designed with care. If the uniform is too busy, with doodads and whatnots on the sleeves or warm ups, they're out of contention in the first round.
The rest of my family considers the unseen, or at least in my mind, that which is not obvious to the untrained eye. They consider past tournament successes or failures, styles of play, weaknesses and strengths of both offense and defense. They take all these factors and actually compare them to the opposing team's style, strengths and weaknesses. My husband has some sort of elaborate program that he created to help with the analysis. It involves math, statistics, and probability. It required some computer programming. I personally think checking out the uniforms is a lot easier.
But here's the thing, and there's really no getting around it. It's hard to measure the heart. And sometimes that's exactly what tips the balance for a team. If we want to recover our life, we're going to have to develop a more sensitive eye. We will need to look beyond the obvious, and delve deeper into the unseen world.
May our hearts grow big as we find our way back to God, and grow in our appreciation of things not seen.
Recommended reading: Proverbs 18 - 20
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