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DRUM ROLL..................THIS IS MY FIRST BLOG AND MY FIRST POST. I PLAN TO USE THIS AS A PLATFORM TO DISCUSS THE ISSUES AND THE BLESSINGS OF MY EVERYDAY BUSY LIFE. TODAY IS SUPERBOWL SUNDAY. MY CHILDREN ARE STAYING UP PAST THEIR BEDTIME TO WATCH AND CONTRIBUTE TO THIS AMERICAN IDOLATRY. IT IS KIND OF EATING AT ME AS IT HAS ALL DAY. IT IS SUCH A BALANCING ACT TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO NOT BE MATERIALISTIC, TEACH THEM OF THE ABUNDANT LIFE THAT JESUS PROVIDES AND THEN ...ALLOW THEM TO WATCH THE SUPER BOWL. NEEDLESS TO SAY I FEEL VERY ALONE IN THIS ONE. MY HUSBANDS RESPONSE WAS "OUR PASTORS ARE WATCHING THE SUPER BOWL."AS IF THEY ARE PERFECT AND THAT MAKES IT ALRIGHT. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST SPORTING EVENTS. I ACUTALLY LOVE THEM WHEN MY KIDS ARE PLAYING. SO I SEE HOW MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WOULD ENJOY A GOOD GAME. BUT THE SALARIES! THE COMMERCIALS! HOW MANY ORPHANED CHILDREN COULD HAVE HOMES WITH THIS AMMOUNT OF MONEY. WE ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY FOR ANOTHER ADOPTION AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WILL SPEND HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS ON THEIR SUPER BOWL PARTIES. DOES THIS BREAK GODS HEART? IT BREAKS MINE.