Unless you've been living in a cave, you are likely aware that, even if you cared nothing about it, the 50th Super Bowl took place yesterday.  Set in sunny and picturesque Santa Clara, California, the game and its attendant pageantry, from a commercial standpoint, certainly lived up to its billing.  Lady Gaga did not disappoint in her rendition of America's national anthem, and Coldplay, Bruno Mars, and Beyonce rocked the stadium in their various and unique ways.  With all this accompaniment, the game, though I didn't watch it all the way through, seemed almost ancillary.
     To the avid football fan, however, it was not.  The NFL's continued stonewalling of the growing evidence of CTE in professional football players notwithstanding, the game thrilled many.
     As I thought about the day, although I do not disparage anyone who loves football and genuinely enjoyed watching the game and all the entertainment it brings, I could not help but consider its context.  Here we are, fat and happy in the affluent West, focusing our time and money watching a spectacle about which too many of our brethren in the developing world could care less.  They are more concerned with where they will find their next meal.  Or where they will spend the night.
     Disparity runs rampant on the planet.  It always has and it always will.  But this does not obviate its tragedy.
     What can we do?  I draw your attention to an observation of Paul in his second letter to the church at Corinth that, "And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work."
     In other words, although we can certainly enjoy, appreciate, and be thankful for what we have, we must also realize that, when we give generously from it, God will ensure that we will always have enough.  We will meet our needs.
     And maybe we will have what we want.