The Longest Yard

Rating: Null/10 (30 September 2006)

Just finished watching a remake, The Longest Yard, Which one was the best? That's not too hard, This touchdown drive is not about football and jail, Sorry, hope I didn't take the wind from your sail.
I still remember my astonished 19-year-old daughter, Dad, are you serious, they really made this movie before? Well if the first one with Burt what's his name was good, Why would anyone waste the time to make it anymore?
I'm talking about my child so I didn't show her the door, Because it was only a movie I really wasn't all that sore, This was one of the better flicks when I saw it in 1974, I started thinking about something over 2000 years before.
Understanding more about the walk that we must make, How to respectfully measure the steps needed to take, It's definitely not straight and narrow, yet a winding road, More often than not some have to carry a very heavy load.
Neither is this about any type of athletic game, Although the end result sought is clearly the same, A goal, home run, three point shot, ace, first and ten, So the bottom line is not how to play, but did you win?
Then there's the path taken by our Lord Jesus Christ, Much longer than a yard but with the ultimate sacrifice, How many before or after would be willing to pay this price? That involved a beating & suffering while volunteering your life?
For a future world where most would not acknowledge you, Unbelief about the pain and hardship our Savior went through, However, enduring it all still having the love and compassion to say, Father in heaven forgive them, they no not what they do anyway.
Yes, my brothers and sisters it was a very long and lonely walk, Did Jesus complain, call Angels at the ready? No! He didn't talk, With God looking down from heaven, it had to be so very hard, Looking back I realize that this indeed was, The Longest Yard.
© 2006 by Luke Easter
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