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This is particularly tough when your kid's a little-leaguer.
1 posted on 02/10/2024 7:30:58 AM PST by Bogle
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To: Bogle

Only when the Packers are in it.


2 posted on 02/10/2024 7:33:57 AM PST by bigbob
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God only cares that it not be played on Sunday


5 posted on 02/10/2024 7:35:27 AM PST by Gary from Dayton (Army Vet 1986-1991)
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psalm 37:13 applies.


6 posted on 02/10/2024 7:36:21 AM PST by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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Sure, God cares, because God cares about everything.

But God is not a machine we pop prayers into and expect to get what we want out.

Prayers are not commands. God can answer prayers in several ways, such as Yes, No, or Wait.

Prayers can also show a proper attitude of humility and a willingness to accept God's will instead of our own.

7 posted on 02/10/2024 7:37:12 AM PST by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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Given where we are, I would think Catholics have to be at least questioning if God cares who is Pope? I know he does, but one has to wonder.


9 posted on 02/10/2024 7:42:21 AM PST by alternatives?
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The Super Bowl has become nothing more than just another Black “holiday”. I figure it won’t take Joe Pedo long to figure out that it too needs to be designated as a Federal holiday like June Umpteenth and all the others. Them folks just can’t have too many holidays.


10 posted on 02/10/2024 7:47:12 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer ( Joe Pedo's America! The Motel 6 to the world. Joe's Border Patrol will keep the light on for you.)
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Winning your own personal ‘Superbowl’ will be at judgement day if you played by all the rules.


11 posted on 02/10/2024 7:50:12 AM PST by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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I have stopped watching woke organizations. Including NFL, MLB, and now NASCAR. let them rot and bleed out.


12 posted on 02/10/2024 7:50:29 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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People seem to forget that God’s answer is sometimes (often?) “no.”

Prayer is ASKING. God is not a short order cook.

Often it is No. sometimes yes. Sometimes “wait.”

It is good that we all learn that even as children. It’s not about the magnificence and perfection of our prayers. Prayer is drawing nigh to God with confession, love, and supplication. Not placing an order on Amazon.


13 posted on 02/10/2024 7:58:49 AM PST by Persevero (You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
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While I don't think God, "cares," in the sense we do, I suspect the outcome of the game will, in its way, be part of God's greater plan, even if we humans are too small to comprehend what it may be.

Perhaps just one player will be humbled in a way that turns his life around. Perhaps a quiet Christian player will come to recognize God's role and decide to say so publicly. Perhaps a coach will resolve to work harder next year. Perhaps a fan at a super bowl party hundreds of miles away who was recently laid off will meet somebody who needs a new employee.

We all look for God's hand in the big splash events in the middle of the pond, when in fact, what may really matter sometimes lays where the ripple meets the shore.

14 posted on 02/10/2024 8:02:26 AM PST by Joe 6-pack
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Not really. He loves each of us, junkie and king alike, He wants all of us to accept His love and grace no matter what we do or don’t do.

and Yes He’s a Packer fan😀
15 posted on 02/10/2024 8:02:42 AM PST by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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One of the great stories about Bishop Sheen:

An atheist pointed out that a boxer would make the Sign of The Cross, before each round. He asked Bishop Sheen if that could really help him win.

Sheen immediately replied, “Sure, if he’s a good boxer.”


16 posted on 02/10/2024 8:06:42 AM PST by budj (Combat vet, second of three generations.)
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Well, He put $15 on the Chiefs.


17 posted on 02/10/2024 8:10:52 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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The short answer is yes, but for reasons too deep for our understanding, since His thoughts are not our thoughts.

It’s a small version of WWI, when nearly all of the belligerents were monotheistic, and all prayed to their God that their side would win. God works through whatever we hand Him, but His goals are never our goals, because we want our desires filled today, and He cares about eternity.


18 posted on 02/10/2024 8:13:56 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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All other things being equal, religious teams outperform atheist teams, and science can measure it. That goes all the way back to the Neanderthals, who were one of the most intelligent animals to ever walk the face of Earth, but were not religious, verses the Cro-Magnons that were. It was neck and neck for a long time, and took 10,000 years, but the Cro-Magnons defeated the Neanderthals, and went on to be the genetic and cultural basis of modern day Europeans.


19 posted on 02/10/2024 8:14:36 AM PST by Reeses
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God cares because God cares about His children and what they are concerned with.

Does God have a favorite team?

That is a different question and the answer is probably not.

He is most pleased with the players who are doing His will but that is a different question then what you were asking.

22 posted on 02/10/2024 8:23:20 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( In a quaint alleyway, they graciously signaled for a vehicle on the main road to lead the way. )
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Yes.

“For the Lord your God is a jealous God ... and Taylor Swift is starting to make him nervous ...”


23 posted on 02/10/2024 8:24:40 AM PST by x
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The SB is such a big deal that I remember who won it 10 years ago..., no, wait,... 5 years ago,... uhhh, wait,... last year,... uhh,... I guess I just can’t remember.


24 posted on 02/10/2024 8:31:18 AM PST by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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I don’t know about whether God cares who wins. I can say I don’t.


26 posted on 02/10/2024 8:33:53 AM PST by dforest
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The priest and the rabbi go to the fights. Before the first bell one fighter, Irish Paddy Murphy, genuflects and makes the Sign of the Cross. The rabbi asks the priest,
“ Will that help him?” The priest responded, “ Only if he can fight.”


32 posted on 02/10/2024 9:02:58 AM PST by xkaydet65
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