Had a late night last night and a little more to drink than I probably should have- haven't done that in quite awhile.
Thanks BDL and Doreen.
Thinking out loud...
I still go to church from time to time (didn't make mass this morning) but moreso I see God, or the supernatural, in creation. I was sitting outside after my workout yesterday afternoon and it was one of those Thanksgiving-like November days, the sky a bit grayer than it is in October, most of the leaves down and swirling around in the breeze, the branches mostly bare, a nip in the air but a nice day, a day where you feel truly alive. And I was sitting there, appreciative of the wonder and beauty and thinking "This can't be all simply a coincidence, spontaneous, random. There has to be something, some Thing, behind all of this." The world, life, Creation, is all too wonderful, too beautiful, too precious to simply be because of happenstance. I remember when my niece Claire was just an infant, how tiny and innocent and beautiful she was (and still is!) and having the same thoughts, how I could see God in her (I saw more of her when she was little than I did my nephew.) I see my mom now- she's gotten older, a little slower now- but so often when I'm with her I still feel like that little kid trudging around along side her in North Easton, just happy to be with her, and seeing God in her as well.
Kind of sappy I know, but it does convince me that there is some force, some power- call it God- behind things.
Boston sports fans have been truly blessed this past decade or so. Five Super Bowl appearances, with three titles, two World Series titles, two NBA Finals appearances, with one title, a Stanley Cup... OA has beaten Sharon on Thanksgiving just about every year. We also have two major newspapers with outstanding sports sections, two good sport radio stations, we have Comcast Sports New England and NESN, ESPN Boston... Other cities have had success with one or two teams over this time- New York with the Giants and Yankees, LA with the Lakers, San Francisco with the Giants, San Antonio Spurs, St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Red Wings- but none with the level of success with all four major league teams that we've had. For a sports fan you couldn't ask for much more!
Okay - Agreed that there is so much beauty in the world and that the fact begs for there to be some Thing behind it. But...how do we explain all that is SO ugly - hatred, bigotry, violence, rockets from Gaza to Tel Aviv and back? Is it just that all that is natural is the work of a benevolent creator and all that is evil, the devil's work? Seems to easy....
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, and perhaps more on my mind, will Brady out luck, Luck?
Perhaps we're given this world of beauty and wonder and it is us who screw it up? I dunno...
ReplyDeletePats' secondary needs to step it up and contain Luck and the Colts passing offense.