Last week for the holidays, I had an unusually long amount of time to reflect on the past year. I drove eleven hours from Ohio to Boston with a friend. On the way back, we took turns asking one another questions that made us reflect on the past year. I’ll be the first to confess. I had to sift through many dark memories before I could recall the joyful ones. I’ll be honest with you.

When reflecting on these dark moments of the past year, I can’t help but ask…is God missing?

We live in a competitive culture.  We’re natural scorekeepers.  We naturally compare.  And naturally, we want to win. Trouble is…games like these ones keep you working.  They keep you working to fit in but stand out.  Working for significance, working for acceptance, working to matter, because there’s always someone who could pass you by.  And anyone who’s ever played a Game like this knows it’s a hard Game to win and an easy Game to lose. 

We live in a competitive culture.  We’re natural scorekeepers.  We naturally compare.  And naturally, we want to win. Trouble is…games like these ones keep you working.  They keep you working to fit in but stand out.  Working for significance, working for acceptance, working to matter, because there’s always someone who could pass you by.  And anyone who’s ever played a Game like this knows it’s a hard Game to win and an easy Game to lose.