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Cheering While Their Team Was Being Beaten

Badger Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin was packed. Over 60,000 University of Wisconsin fans were watching their beloved football team take a beating by Michigan State. What seemed odd was that as the score became more and more lopsided bursts of cheers kept being heard in the stands. Some people began to wonder who these strange people were who were cheering while their team was being pummeled. As it turns out, seventy miles away from Badger stadium the Milwaukee Brewers were beating the St. Louis Cardinals in game three of the World Series. Many of the Badger fans in the stands were listening to portable radios and responding to something else besides what was happening right in front of their eyes. In many ways that is a fairly accurate description of what the Christian life is like. We might be in the midst of horrible circumstances and yet we have something to cheer about. We can see by faith the victory that is ours in Christ. (Lou Nicholes - Missionary/Author).