Ooh, I’m too scared to. YOU share it with her! haha. Too funny.

It was just something I needed for my own heart, Lyli. Thanks for stopping in.

So you know where I’m coming from, Shelly. The SEC fans can be some of the worst. I think it’s fun to love our teams, but when we hate other teams more than we love our own, there’s a problem.

Oh, yes, let’s not forget children’s games–sometimes they bring out the very worst in people, unfortunately.

I found it amusing last night at a high school basketball game that it was the mamas who were the most vocal by far. They didn’t yell at the other team (that was good!), but they certainly gave earfuls to the referees. And as the wife of a former referee, I’m very sensitive to that. 😉

Thanks, Tracy. At first I was only thinking about football, but yes, the more I thought, the more I realized it applies to SO many areas of our lives where we get overly competitive, including even church. I’m certainly not claiming to be immune from any of those areas either, but I want to be.

Thanks. Things have been heating up so much down here the past few weeks so I needed to at least remind myself of these truths.

I think the key word you used here, Nancy, is “playful” – I thoroughly enjoy that kind of banter too. As the only Auburn fan amongst all my Alabama siblings, I can either enjoy it or be miserable year-round. ha. So I enjoy it. 🙂

But yes, when it gets down to it, who cares which school we pull for??? It’s definitely inconsequential in the long run. Who we are in Christ is all that matters.

I was going to use either 1 Cor 1:31 or else 2 Cor 10:17 but they’re both references back to Jeremiah so I went back to the source too. 🙂 Even more proof that he never changes!