"Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'"(Matthew 19:26, NIV)
We all love a good over comers story!
In less than two weeks the NFL will stage the most watched
televised sporting event the world has ever seen, the Super bowl.
No doubt we will hear stories of how players overcame things in their
life to be on their prospective teams. Stories of drug addictions, stories of
endless failures and stories about God finally reaching their souls and turning
their lives around all make great news room fodder because after all we all
love over comers.
In Minnesota we are state dedicated to the over comers. A
state filled with treatment centers galore because we offer people opportunities to
turn their lives around. We have become
so effective helping over comers that it is the reason why people traveled to
the frozen tundra just so they can write their own over comers story. There is a reason why celebrities will travel
to Hazelden for chemical dependency rehabilitation and why people will come
from far reaching places to participate in medical treatment at the Mayo
Clinic. We simply have become very
effective in helping people overcome whatever ails them..
Grief is an area God uses to help people write their own
over comers story. God provided a way
simply by offering his son, Jesus, as the ultimate sacrifice, to finally take
away the sting of death. God gave us hope
by revealing to us His ultimate plan of a heavenly homecoming. Though the sting of death may hurt for a
little while He reveals to us that if we just lean on him, like a good shepherd leads his flock and allow him to guide us
in the grief process that we too will have a over comers story.
One area Minnesota has never had success on the grand stage
has been the Super bowl. Our friends from Wisconsin love to constantly remind
us of this fact. One day, though, I believe our Vikings will be victorious even
on this stage. Why? Simply because we all love a over comers story!
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