Getting Attention

I bought something at Publix (grocery store) that up until recently they have never carried here in Miami. I bought a Seattle Seahawks balloon (for my daughter, of course). Some who know me, know that my favorite NFL team is the Seahawks. I was born in Seattle and love the place. There's not that many of us here in Southern Florida. So I'm excited that tommorrow they make their first Super Bowl appearance in their thirty year history.

As a kid, my hero was Jim Zorn. He was their quarterback. Actually, he was their first ever quarterback. Now he's their quarterback coach. When I was a kid I wrote him a letter. Don't remember what I wrote. He wrote back and enclosed an autograph picture of himself. I still have that picture. Under his name he wrote "Phil. 4:13" which is a Bible verse that reads, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." That's a great verse, especially for a quarterback. That scripture on that picture made an impression on me. It helped point me to Jesus.

So the Seahawks are getting attention now. Sometimes you have to be good to get attention. Sometimes you have to be among the best. I'm glad it's not that way with the Lord. You don't have to be the best to get His attention. He's always there for all of us no matter how good or bad we are. Any of us can be close to Jesus - just as close as Billy Graham or any other Christian person. Louie Giglio, in one of his teachings on worship, said that we can be as close to God as we want to be. I want to be closer.

I love watching the Seahawks play. I love watching them play well. I hope they win tommorrow. I really think they will. I'm glad that they are in the limelight. They've worked hard and are doing a great job. I'm at the age now that I realize I'm not going to play in the NFL - not even as a punter. But I know that no matter what I do, I have my Father's ear. And I can be close to Him.