The Lord’s Sovreignty in Video Games
Brandy and I got a Wii for Christmas because Brandy’s sister won one in a $4 raffle at a craft fair. (Yes, apparently crafts and video games go hand in hand.) She already had a Wii, so she gave the extra one to us. My wife and I aren’t gamers by any means, but we enjoy going through games together—like the new Super Mario Bros game. We beat it a while ago and we were looking for new games to play and discovered all the old Nintendo games you can download on your Wii. We got Dr. Mario, and we’ve been playing it somewhat frequently over the past few weeks.
Today, Brandy came home after a day of frustrating work meetings and she was, well, frustrated. It’s a gloomy day and I was sick on the couch. We were a sad couple. I was trying to cheer Brandy up, but since I was in my pajamas with my hair sticking up, my charm was not working.
Brandy said, “I just wish Jesus could come back,” but then she paused and added, “and play Dr. Mario with us.”
I immediately pointed out that Jesus would destroy us at Dr. Mario and remarked, “Jesus has a Wii remote for a hand.”
From that point we had a ridiculous conversation about what it would be like to play Dr. Mario with the Creator of the Universe. It dawned on us at the same time that Jesus is also the Great Healer. If the whole point of Dr. Mario is to eradicate viruses, who would be better at that than the Great Healer? Would Jesus even use the pills or would he just wave His mighty right hand and make all viruses disappear? I guess I’ll never know.
What is the point of all this? I’m not sure. I’m doped up on cold medicine so I feel like that gives me the excuse to talk about anything I want to. I just know that Jesus is the Lord of all creation including video games so he could destroy your high score. I also know that when Brandy and I started talking about Jesus, both of our days got better.
