Jesus at the football games

Kuriak was a highly commercial city with colorful events occurring every other day, but its excitement was not enough for everyone, especially for those who liked games. Sam was constantly bored and unhappy because no game seemed to catch his fancy or make him happy. Then one day, Sam met Josh who said, ‘Hey Sam, would you like to try a game called football?’. Sam agreed and Josh brought out his football, and they played football every day – and Sam loved it.

Josh had to travel overseas leaving Sam. However, Sam never forgot his experiences with Josh and wrote them all down in his book – The Josh Book. Sam grew old and just before he died, he passed on the Josh book to his son, Bruce.

Now, Bruce loved the Josh Book very much and always found the stories fascinating, especially of the football game that no one ever played in the city of Kuriak. So, he and a few others decided they would play football and make it popular. The game caught on and soon everyone was playing football.

One day, Josh came back to Kuriak and Bruce ran out to meet his Father’s friend. ‘Ever heard of football?’ he teased. ‘Of course’, Josh said with a smile, ‘I put together the blueprints for the game!’. They went to the massive football ground, one of several in Kuriak that were modeled after Bruce’s Football foundation, and a team played the game as Josh watched.

When the game was over, Bruce, with a massive grin on his face, came to Josh and said ‘How was that for an awesome game?!’

‘Well,’ Josh said, ‘It sure was an exciting game for you guys. I really like Football, but what you guys just finished playing is called ‘Rugby’. Yes, there are teams. Yes, it involves a, er, ‘ball’,. Yes, there is a referee and a goal post and lines – and it really has some similarities, but this is not the game I designed. This is not Football, Sam’.

Sam looked at the massive ‘Football’ buildings and wondered, ‘How did we ALL miss it?’