October 26, 2014 · Zechariah 8:3–5

The Spirituality of Play

This is what the Lord says: "I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain."

“We're going to play, because we're not going to be crushed. As Christians, that should be even more of a reality. We play because life isn't hopeless. We're created to do so much more. We play with the children. We watch children being played with. … We're looking at the reality. Those beautiful things — those dogs that are waiting for their master — and there's, like — some day that master — our master — is coming back — and we get to play like we're supposed to play. Beautiful? We wait, and we rest, and we play. It's a sign of the future to come. We play because it's one of the most amazing things that God gave to us in creation. … That's the spirituality of play.”