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The State of the Raptors

A quarter into the season and it has been nothing but disappointing. The Raptors have a record of 10-15, one game out of the 8th spot. They have been under achieving greatly. The thing that bothers me the most is not the talent. We are definitely talented. We have good players. It is the energy and effort on the court that has been so frustrating.

They show no energy at all! They put no effort! They are so complacent and non-chalant. There is no sense of urgency. Chris Bosh has been playing amazing! But the lack of energy and horrible defense have allowed teams to score at will. We have 9 new players and yet the same problems. Our defense- if it continues will be the worst defense in NBA history!

Hedo Turkoglu has not lived up to expectations. I'm not sure what it is but I believe the Raptors are cursed. It's the Vince Carter curse! Ugh! When will this end??? We can't lose Bosh! If we lose Bosh this will be catastrophic! This will hurt the Raptors so much! Please God please save us from this curse. I cannot endure another losing season. Raps fans have been through so much. We deserve a break!

Heres hoping that the second quarter will be better than the first. We still in it! No time to panic...yet??!

The Christians in Glee

On Tuesday, I was watching one my new favorite shows of the year- Glee!! It was the episode where Quinn's parents found out that she was pregnant. Now if you don't know anything about the show, Quinn is supposed to be the President of the Celibacy Club and her parents are "Christians". It's always funny to see how media portrays Christians and usually it's always in a bad light. But I can't really blame them because there are a lot of Christians who are in fact jerks and really mean. But then again, there are a lot of Christians who are kind and loving.

What interested me the most about this episode was the reaction of Quinn's parents at the revelation that she was pregnant. As I was watching, I was really hoping that Quinn's parents were going to react in a graceful and forgiving manner. But instead her parents got mad and kicked her out of the house. It was so sad. Quinn was obviously remorseful and she even admitted that she made a mistake. With tears she apologized and cried for help.

Unfortunately, there would be no help, no grace and no forgiveness. All we got was Parents that were so embarrassed and so ashamed, that the only solution they can think of was to kick her out. Wow! And there supposed to be Christians too. How sad.

Contrast this with Fin's mother, a single mother, most likely not a Christian and she also finds out in this episode that Fin is going to be a father. And her reaction was more Christlike than the so called Christians. She was so supportive and she held her child as he cried in her arms. Assuring him that everything will be ok. She even took Quinn and gave her a home- gave her a place to stay.

It is so ironic that the ones that claim to follow Jesus are the least like Him, yet the one that does not claim to follow Jesus, looks more like Him. Ugh! How pitiful! If we are to call ourselves Christians then we better paint an accurate picture of Christ. The fruits of the Holy Spirit are: kindness, gentleness, faithfulness, love, peace, patience, goodness, and self-control. How many Christians look like the "fruits" above?

I am not saying to ignore the sin or to excuse it, but if someone is sorry for it and remorseful shouldn't we forgive?? No matter how horrible the sin? Wouldn't Jesus do that to us when we seek forgiveness? Never in the Gospels do we ever see Jesus struggling to forgive someone. It's funny how we talk about grace- yet we are so horribly slow to show it.

I'm getting sick of our reputation in the World- it does not paint an accurate picture of Christ. It actually paints a distorted one. I'm going to see the "Blind Side" with Sandra Bullock on Friday. Here's hoping the Christians in this one paint a better, a more accurate picture of Jesus.