Stewardship + Church + Sports

How often are we reminded that it is our duty to be good stewards of the bounty God has given us?

If your church is anything like my church, you hear this pretty frequently.

Now, I'm NOT about to ask you for money!

But I AM going to ask you whether our young people are not part of our God-given bounty? My guess is that virtually any of us with young people would rank our kids as our most important thing in life.

Now, with an epidemic of childhood obesity across America -- this being a disease for which one of the standard preventative measures is physical activity -- and with childhood obesity as a primary causative factor for Type 2 Diabetes -- and with our schools eliminating recess so kids can sit still and be drilled in preparation for standardized tests -- and with kids lacking the freedom to run and play vigorously outdoors when not in school, as most of us did as kids....

HOW ON EARTH can you call it good stewardship of our God-given bounty to have our kids who come to church just sit on their hind ends?

Would it not be better stewardship for us to provide these kids with something that is increasingly missing from their lives: vigorous physical activity?