Super bowl Sunday

So last night was the big game to end another year of NFL football! and what a game it was. Most people don't know this about me but I actually like watching football. Who would have thought!!

And this super bowl was exciting and, as usual filled with statics, On the top are two of New England's treasures...Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. The love New England has not only for their team, the Patriots, but for their treasured quarterback is evident every season. And rightfully so. Back in 2002 Tom Brady made his first super bowl appearance playing against the RAMS who were favored by 14 points. But this football treasure led his team to a first time win and seventeen years later was matched up to play the RAMS again. This game was the 11th Patriots Super Bowl appearance overall, the most in NFL history and the 9th with Tom Brady and the 3rd in a row.  And with this win, the Patriots break a tie for the most wins in playoff history and tying the Steelers for the most Super Bowl wins which is 6. A New England treasure but also a NFL treasure!

After all that I need to take a breath...just breathe for a minute! Did any of you notice the frequent use of the word "treasure"? This month, being February, I want to have us think on words of love from our Father. Focus in on His great abiding love for us and who and what we are in His eyes. And the one I wanted to use today was "treasured".

God loves us in ways that we cannot even imagine and one of those ways is in how much he treasures us as his children...his people. Watch the news tomorrow when New England has their parade and see how much they "treasure" their team. God treasures us infinitely more than that if you can wrap your head around that. No matter who we are or what we come from God treasures us..."You shall be my treasured possession among all peoples" Exodus 19:5. And in Deuteronomy 7:6 God's word tells us that "you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession."

We don't have to play football, we don't have to win a super bowl, our name doesn't have to be Tom Brady! God sent his only son to die for us, to shed his blood for us so that we

could accept him and his gifts...to be blameless and holy, above reproach in His site. God declared by His sacrifice that we are God's priceless treasure...to be treasured each moment of each day.

Thank you Father for loving me and making me your priceless treasure!

Deuteronomy 14:2  "for you are a people holy to the Lord your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his treasured possession."