First Post!!!

The Bible says: “ For you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous is a jealous God” – Exodus 34:14 NKJV

Which pretty much means we should only worship God and no one or nothing else. Obviously that is not always the case. In many instances people worship money and will do anything to get it. In some circumstances people worship drugs/alcohol and will do anything to get them, or die trying.  However, those situations are obvious.  A much less obvious situation of worship, although much more accepted, happens every Sunday.  I am not talking about church on Sunday.  I am talking about Sundays during football season, and almost daily during baseball season. We WORSHIP our sporting teams and many times the players who play on our teams. We sin regularly. I consider myself a strong Christian who loves the Lord. I am also probably the worst offender of this sin I know. I am not the first person to recognize this fact or to write about it. But the fact remains: I LOVE THE N.Y YANKEES. I scream praise and worship to them when they win. The same goes for the NY JETS.  I get in terrible moods when either team loses and I am no fun to be around. I am sure I am not alone. There are plenty of men and some women who have the same problem. I do not plan on ceasing to root for my team or plan to care for them any less. But I write this blog to openly admit my sin and repent, to talk about the teams I love and then to remind myself and others like me about what is really important. His name is JESUS.

The New York Jets should have won the game yesterday against the Steelers. Some people will look at the stats that show Mark Sanchez threw 11 straight incompletions and basically had a horrible game after the first two drives. Some will look at the defense's inability to get off the field on third down. Those factors certainly contributed. However, when Shonn Greene got his bell rung, the game changed. His back up, Bilal Powell (a wasted 4^th round pick) should actually be the teams’ 3^rd or 4^th running back. When he got in the game it was clear the drop off in talent was huge. This game reminded me of the AFC Championship game against the Colts. Greene ran all over the Colt defense and the Jets were winning the game. Greene got hurt left the game, and the Jets rushing game was non-existent. The rest of the teams play followed suit. Of course, Greene returned to this game but he clearly was affected by the blow and was not the same. Jets lose.  On more thing about the defenses failure to stop the Steelers; where was Kenrick Ellis and Quinton Couples? Last week these guys played big minutes. Today I saw a little too much of Mike Devito and Sione Pouha. I love Pouha and Devito. But Ellis and Couples have the ability to make game changing plays- and that is something the defense clearly needed today.

The Yankees won again. This time they played a complete game offensively meaning they hit home runs (Russell Martin three run homer) and played small ball with bunts and stolen bases. If only Girardi had pushed for this all year. His quote today, “ It brings an element that you can create runs, and that’s really important for a club.” You don’t say. If this team had tried to play small ball while hitting so many home runs, they’d probably be leading the division by a lot more than one game. Let’s hope this trend continues for the rest of the season and throughout the post season, if not Girardi is going to be stuck with that number on his back for another year.

Now that I got that off my chest it is time for a devotional and prayer before bed.