I am almost bursting with rage inside. It has been a long time since I have been as angry as I am right now. I am standing on a football pitch with a dozen young people. All day long, I had been looking forward to a good game of football in perfect weather conditions. But I realised that my teammates were not taking the game seriously at all. Rules were ignored, there was no ambition, and there was a lot of talking – overall, the whole thing was more like a coffee party than a football match.
For a really good football match, it is important that the basic rules are followed and that there is a certain level of seriousness, otherwise the whole thing quickly ends up as a coffee party.

The football match is not essential. Not everyone loves football as much as I do – I have to accept that. We are all part of creation. If there is a Creator, the question of our relationship with him is absolutely relevant. I believe that we are not a product of chance. I trust that God created the earth with all its facets – including me. A successful and reconciled life springs from an orderly relationship with our Creator.

What rules do you use to “play” your life?

Applicable Bible text: Romans 1:20-23