John 13:34
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
The Super Bowl. It’s a culmination of so much time and preparation. The teams train all year and work through injuries and long days of workouts to get to each game. The games tick away until the playoffs, when every week, two teams are eliminated until only two remains. There are millions of others that are involved in the game from other angles. Everything from the advertising executives that pen the famous commercials to the hot dog vendors that prep and sell the food.
I love football. Not everyone does and that’s okay. What struck me as I watched the game was this: fifty years of this championship game have passed and I realized that it was begun the year that I was born. Over the last fifty years, this game has become the most anticipated and celebrated sports event of the year–at least around my family and friends. Whatever you might think of the game, you must agree that the money surrounding this event is mind-boggling. The thirty-second commercial spots were around 5 million each this year.
I wish that a small portion of that could have been allocated to charity. There are so many places to donate…places that desperately need help. I have donated to several of these places and continue to do so through my book sales. Please consider giving something…anything…to a notable charity that you believe in. Some of the ones that I have given to are:
St Judes Children’s Research Hospital
And many other smaller individuals and organizations. The verse from John tells us to ‘Love one another but to do so ‘as I have loved you…’ God clearly commands us to Love. There are many ways to do this, but one simple way is to support someone or something that is doing what maybe you cannot. I cannot cure cancer or Angelman Syndrome, but I can donate to someone who can. These organizations provide so much more than just the research. I won’t go into it all here, please click the links above to explore for yourself.
Love one another
Support one another
And do so as God has loved you.
