Friday, 28 November 2014

Jose Mourinho

    

Jose Mourinho (Chelsea Football Club Manager) was once asked about the pressure of his job in top flight football. He answered "what pressure?, pressure is millions of people around the world, parents with no money to buy food to feed their children. Not football"
What Jose said was applauded by some, but others where not so happy about what he said. But what he said was probably a statement that has stayed in my mind for a lone time. 
If makeing money and winning trophies is as important than life then we have maybe got something twisted about face. The fact the question was asked after Chelsea lost a second game in a row made it even more of a strange question.
How do we act to pressure? And what makes us feel pressure?
I guess in today's world, money is gonna be hi on the list. Followed maybe by jobs or keeping up with what is expected from us. 
The famous old saying is that god won't put anything in out way that we can't handle. Bit of a clichè right? I'm still making my mind up about that, as maybe it should say God won't put anything in our way that we can't handle with him. Now doesn't that sound more realistic?
This week has been one of the lowest weeks in a long time. Infact I've not felt so alone and down like I have this week. But I picked up my bible and flicked it open and saw something I'd stuck in there a long time ago. 
Never had my bible ment so much and dispite all the tablets I take and then people people I see it was Gods word "the bible" that lifted me from what could have been a dangerous bout of depression. 
No matter who we are and where we are at in life's "rat race" we can always look to god knowing he can't always stop that bad stuff happening but he will to encourage and take some of the pressures away.