Tuesday; March 13

Growing up when and where I did (and topping out at 5 feet 8 inches tall) I have never really been a big basketball fan.  Like most kids I played basketball in elementary school, on the playgrounds and was in a league at the local youth center, but that is about the extent of my basketball experience.  However, even without much technical background, I still enjoy March Madness!  Honestly, I can’t tell you which NCAA teams have had good years so far, but I will begin to have a little bit of interest today.   When I think about what excites me about the Tournament it isn’t as much the games as it is the Cinderella stories.  Beginning today, there are 68 teams – schools of all shapes and sizes, from all over the country – who believe they have a shot at winning it all.  Sure, the pundits have made their picks, but the people who lace up their sneakers believe this could be their year.
Most of us like Cinderella stories, we like to see the underdog win.  Throughout my life I have seen a lot of upsets, but there is one that inspires me each and every day – the Christian church.  What began with the death of their Leader and a band of under-educated believers became a worldwide phenomenon.  From simple beginnings came something that changed history.  The impressive thing about this story is that it wasn’t done by luck or by chance, it came through the power of God.  Jesus predicted the success of the church early on in a parable, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field; and this is smaller than all other seeds, but when it is full grown, it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air came and nest in its branches.” (Matthew 13:31-32)
I hope your favorite team does well in the year’s tournament.  Yet, beyond all of that, I hope that you will be a part of the team that is destined to change the world!
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