Go For Gold

The Olympics kicked off with style (and arson and controversy).

Friday’s Opening Ceremony featured performances from Lady Gaga, Celine Dion, and others while each country’s athletic delegation floated down the rain-soaked Seine River toward the Eiffel Tower (which put on a light show). One segment included drag queens appearing to mimic DaVinci’s “Last Supper” painting, sparking criticism and an apology from Olympic organizers, who said it “was never an intention to show disrespect.”

Hours before the Olympic cauldron was lit (it was a giant hot air balloon—see pictures), arsonists attacked the Paris train system disrupting travel; suspects have not been identified.

Team USA won the first gold of the Games on Saturday in the men’s swimming 4x100 freestyle relay, and Simone Biles battled through a calf injury to post the best all-around score in yesterday’s qualifiers.

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CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE
Getting the gold gives athletes a taste of glory, but it’s a temporary delight that can have a bitter aftertaste. But God’s glory will never be challenged and it never ends. Jesus is the center of a glory powerful enough to light the new heavens and new earth eternally.

“The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates it, and its lamp is the Lamb.”
Revelation 21:23 (CSB) (read full passage)