Christian Rugby

Thursday, 30 April 2015

Jesus in disguise

A guy walks down through town on his way home from work. The town was fairly quiet and the man slowly walked enjoying the peace.

Later at home he heard the voice of Jesus call to him. "Why did you ignore me today" the voice asked

The man was stunned and answered "lord I would never ignore you "

The voice then said "bit walking through town on you way home, did you not see the old lady struggling with shopping, the blind man who dropped his wallet or the little girl crying cause she could find her mum?"

The man said "yes I remember, but I didn't see you lord, you know I'd never ignore you"

But you walk straight past those people who could have done with just a little help, the old lady just needed help to cross the road with here trolley. The blind man just needed help to see his wallet at his feet and the little girls mum was only 10 foot away look in a shop window"

The man paused for a second and said "but lord, I didn't see you there"

The reply came "he who gives his time to help others lends to The Lord"

From the beginning of the church at Pentecost, the people in church sold property and gave money to help the less fortunate than them. When they grew crops they would grow a little more to help feed the poor and when buying material to make clothes they would buy more to help clothe the naked.

Jesus says... When we hold out a hand for someone in need we hold out a hand to him. When we give food to the hungry we feed him and when we give clothes to the people that need clothes we dress him.

When we do things for others to help them without asking for praise or anything in return we do it for god because god created every man and woman.

Whoever is kind to the poor lends to The Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done

Proverbs 19. v17

Mother Theresa said about all the thousands she helped

"They where all Jesus in disguise"

Friday, 14 December 2012

Luke bares his soul

It's not uncommon to find tattoos on rugby players. What's a little more unusual is finding rugby players who've painted their bodies with religious symbols.

New Bath Rugby signing Luke Watson has four tattoos. All represent his devout Christian faith. And it's clear that he thought deeply before receiving them.

One simply says 'faith'; another - 'Habakkuk 3:17' - refers to a favourite verse. Then there's a large cross on his bicep with the words ‘eternal freedom’ emblazoned on it.

And the most recent piece of body art is a crown. And it is this that Watson is most effusive about.

Describing its meaning, the South African says: “Every man is called to be a king. The world is very class-conscious and this reminds that every man in his own world, in his own right, is a king.

"He has been given the opportunity – the human right – to make decisions, he’s been given the human right to justice and the human right to be a ruler in his own world.

"We so quickly judge and classify people and we forget that they have a right to be a king in their own world.”

Of his 'eternal freedom' tattoo, he remarks: “For me that is what Christianity epitomises. God comes into your life and frees you from a sinful nature, from guilt, from condemnation, from being lost and hopeless.

"I was chatting to one of the coaches the other day and I said I don’t know how people without faith do it.

“I have had a pretty interesting and challenging life up to now and the only way I’ve made it through is by knowing that no matter what happens God has a plan."