The JLin Craze.

The first time I had heard about Jeremy Lin was when I saw a Kevjumba video on YouTube. These guys are a hit or miss with me – sometimes I’m dying and other times I just gotta trust my teen cousins that they’re “OMGSOFUNNY”. What got my attention though, is Jeremy Lin’s boldness to share what he believes in, on camera with friends who make funny videos. I love the fact that his identity in Christ is not a dividing factor between him and friends.

As for basketball, let me be honest, I’ve only seen about 30 seconds out of all the videos there are of him playing, but I get the point, and I agree that he is great. Yet I must say, what gets me excited is not that he’s Asian, but as a person who works in what people call a ‘dark’ industry, I’m super excited to see a passionate follower of Christ in this sphere of influence.

Just like him standing out and firm as a son of God in his circle of friends (let’s just assume they’re friends etc etc), I am excited to be praying for Jeremy as an NBA player. People say the entertainment industry is crazy, and I wouldn’t think that the NBA sphere would be too different. As an outsider I guess it’d be a lot about money, fame, success… Your performance as a gauge for your worth; and I’m truly stoked that God is sending light among these players.

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