Cursing

     Today I watched the second baseman for the Atlanta Braves, Dan Uggla, strikeout and I heard from a microphone on the field his drop an F bomb or say a swear word latter he swung and missed for the third strike. The bible says in Ephesians 4:29 tells us, "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths." Here we see that these types of words are sins and sins pull us further away from God and from holiness. We as teenagers use fowl language very often and as the Bible makes it abundantly clear we should not do that because it is a sin. Next time when we are faced with an opportunity to talk bad we shouldn't use language that isn't holy and language that is a sin.

Kevin Ware

     Today at 5:09 the Louisville Cardinals play the Wichita St. Shockers in the Final Four for a trip to the championship. Last weekend, during the Elite Eight, Kevin Ware a back-up guard for Louisville had a very gruesome injury that ended his season. The injury was very bad and disgusting but the reason I brought this up is because of how the nation and the team responded. All over Twitter and Facebook people were saying pray for Ware and wishing him a speedy recovery. The team broke down into tears when this happened. These actions showed the love from everybody watching and all the prayers sent out to God showed that those praying believed in God to look over Ware. Believing in God is just one of the steps in being holy. The injury was gruesome but if you would like to see it click here.

Yankee v.s. Red Sox

     Earlier this week I went the Yankee v.s. Red Sox game at Yankee Stadium. It was opening day and the every fan and player was pretty hyped up about the beginning of the season and another game in the historic rivalry. With all of the focus on the start of a new season for two of the best teams in baseball there was also a period of remembrance before the game started. Remembrance of those teachers and students who were killed in Connecticut after the attack by a son of a faculty member. It was a sad moment but, it has been pretty cool to watch the whole country pray and look after those kids. By doing this we are be loving and caring sons and daughters of God. With our prayers and living like him we are coming closer to God and answering his call to holiness.

Glory From Sports

     In sports most athletes attempt to give their glory to God. Some Christians and some sports fans frown upon this and do not like the athletes who do this. They feel that the athletes are fake and do this to look good. An athlete who is famous for living life as a good Christian nut is interpreted as a fake sometimes is Tim Tebow. I bring this up because tonight my favorite college basketball player, Peyton Siva, thanked God in his interview and even though I don't know if it's fake or not I liked it. I liked it because we as humans are called to give all the glory to God and by thanking God in an interview or praying after a touchdown you set an example. Kids who look up to these athletes will learn to give all of their glory to God. As a human we are called to give all the glory to God, so we should follow in the footsteps of those who we look up to but also set an example for those who look up to us.

Sins

     We commit sins everyday and very often throughout the day. We as humans can't be perfect because we don't have the ability. Since Jesus died for our sins we are able to live our lives on Earth and then go to heaven and live a perfect life in paradise. Our sins are ok if we confess them and have them taken away by our priests. Since we can be sinless we will commit a sin. For us to live in heaven after our lives on Earth when we sin we must ask for forgiveness. We are to pray to God for forgiveness. If we do curse or lie we have to be forgiven for this so that we may grow in holiness and by growing in holiness we are able to grow towards him.