God Is Not A Man

Many have reacted to Peyton Manning's declaration after winning Super Bowl 50 that he was going to drink a lot and then offer a pray of thanksgiving to "the man upstairs," not God, but "the man upstairs." I realize he intends the same thing, but God is not a man (Numbers 23:19). All-in-all, a huge irony.

Who is always in trouble? Who argues and fights? Who has cuts and bruises? Whose eyes are red? Everyone who stays up late, having just one more drink. Don't even look at that colorful stuff bubbling up in the glass! It goes down so easily, but later it bites like a poisonous snake. You will see weird things, and your mind will play tricks on you. You will feel tossed about like someone trying to sleep on a ship in a storm. You will be bruised all over, without even remembering how it all happened. And you will lie awake asking, "When will morning come, so I can drink some more?" (Proverbs 23:29-35 CEV)

To me the bottom line is that Manning said the wrong thing at the wrong time. And the combination of saying he's planning to drink a lot and then praying to his god in thanksgiving for winning a big game is just stupid—yes, it's the American way, which seems to me to say we need to change that too: as if God is really interested in the games we play.