Lansing/E. Lansing is Ninevah
While returning home Sunday morning, my children and I were commiserating with each other about having to live in Lansing/E. Lansing while the Spartans were making a Final Four run, with my 10yr old wondering why God had called us here, since we are tried and true, bleed Maize and Blue, Michigan fans.
He very quickly came to the conclusion that we are like Jonah.
Like Jonah, we would not be opposed to God laying the hammer down on our enemies. (Sparty On, might be the dumbest saying I have ever heard). Like Jonah, we have been spit out of the belly of the big fish (living in Ohio, seriously Jonah 2 could not be more appropriate for my time in Southern Ohio) and we are not particularly thrilled to find God-fearing people rooting for the Spartans.
So, God has sent us the shade-tree represented by the Tar Heels of North Carolina and we are exceedingly glad for the shade-tree. And this is where we hope the similarities cease and our story ends differently than Jonah's.
Who knows maybe this story is true:
He very quickly came to the conclusion that we are like Jonah.
Like Jonah, we would not be opposed to God laying the hammer down on our enemies. (Sparty On, might be the dumbest saying I have ever heard). Like Jonah, we have been spit out of the belly of the big fish (living in Ohio, seriously Jonah 2 could not be more appropriate for my time in Southern Ohio) and we are not particularly thrilled to find God-fearing people rooting for the Spartans.
So, God has sent us the shade-tree represented by the Tar Heels of North Carolina and we are exceedingly glad for the shade-tree. And this is where we hope the similarities cease and our story ends differently than Jonah's.
Who knows maybe this story is true:
Bobby Knight, after living a full life, died. When he got to heaven, God was showing him around. They came to a modest little house with a faded Indiana University flag in the window. "This house is yours for eternity, Bob," said God. "This is very special; not everyone gets a house up here." Bob felt special indeed, and walked up to his house. On his way up the porch, he noticed another house just around the corner. It was a 3-story mansion with a bright Green and White sidewalk, a 50 foot tall flagpole flying an enormous Michigan State flag, and in every window, a Spartan logo. In the front yard was a sign that said "Welcome to the Izzone".
Bob looked at God and said "God, I'm not trying to be ungrateful, but I have a question. I won three national championships, more Big Ten titles than I can remember and I am the winningest coach in IU basketball history."
God said "so what do you want to know, Bob?"
"Well, why does Tom Izzo get a better house than me?"
God chuckled, and said "Bob, that's not Tom's house........it's mine."
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