This past weekend there has been a lot of sport to watch or listen to. There has been tennis at Wimbledon, Formula 1 at Silverstone, the 3rd Ashes test in Leeds and the T20 match at Lord’s, the LIV Golf at Hemel, UK Athletics in Manchester and the Under 21’s Euro’s. At one point on Sunday afternoon, I had Formula 1 on the TV while listening to the final minutes of England’s test match at Lord’s.
There has been success for some – England’s, men and women’s cricket teams, Lando Norris driving for McLaren, the under 21’s England football team, and disappoint for others as they lose their match or game.
For some success is measured in how many trophies or how many wins they can gain during there time as a sports person. Sport is competitive by its very nature – there is a winner and a loser in a game or match or race. It can be hard to separate who you are as a person from the success or losses that you have whilst being part of a team at the highest level.
A person’s worth is not measured by what they achieve in life but more about who they are as a person. We don’t ‘know’ those who are famous for their sporting achievements and what they are like around friends and family or how they behave outside of the spotlight unless the media pick it up.
In the Bible there is a story about how God sent Samuel to choose a new King of Israel. He went to a family and saw 7 of 8 sons of Jesse but none of them had been chosen by God. Samuel was reminded by God not to look on their appearance but was reminded that God looks at the heart of a person. In the story the 8th son David, the youngest and smallest of the brothers, was chosen to be King.
While we may not win any world titles or medals at an international level, we can be certain that God sees us for who we are and loves us for all that we do for our communities and the work we do that no one else sees to help others.
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