My favorite board game of all time has got to be Risk.  It is a game of conquering the world.  Everyone has their armies and the object of the game is to gain world domination by rolling dice against your opponents.  The person with the low number on the dice looses one of their armies.  You also collect these cards along the way which you can trade-in for extra armies, the number of which continues to increase as the game progresses.

This game comes to mind not because of recent world “events” that we’ve seen or read about but because I noticed how this old board game mirrors our personal development and movement toward the One Lord.  We move toward our Lord by:

• Conquering our worldly appetites and desires
• Conquering the pull towards worldly “things”
• Conquering the desire to feed our egos instead of our souls
• Caring for ourselves in a loving, healthy way so we become strong enough to be victorious against the struggles of this world
• Being strong in our Lord, we are less likely to be attacked by “other  forces”
• Being strong in our Lord, we are able to successfully defend against these attacks from “other forces” when/if  they come
• By using the “cards” (gifts) we have been given, God graciously bestows even more on us
• The more we turn to God in all things, the more of this world we conquer
• Conquering this world means we are victorious over the world of “other”.

Life is a game. Life is risk. Ask yourself with every thought, with every word, with every action, “Is this going to lead me deeper into the world of “other” or deeper into the Love that is The One?”

Love is NOT a game.

Love is NOT a risk.

LOVE IS VICTORIOUS OVER ALL!