Up, Up, Up

Two weeks after it began, the World Series of Poker Main Event was reduced to a final table of nine today. Of all the places to learn this, we saw a story about it at SRN News -- which offers "breaking news for Christians."

Perhaps the poker tournament qualified because of what happened when Italy's Filippio Candio won a big pot....

he scurried around tableside press and kneeled and pointed upward in celebration.

Somehow we do not think that was aimed at a security office upstairs from the poker room. We'll give Candio the benefit of the doubt, and presume this was his spontaneous way of thanking God.

There actually are two representations of God "up there." Hebrews 1:3 explains:

The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sis, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

Blessings can come from both God the Father and Jesus the Son. Perhaps sometimes, those blessings can include running cards that bail you out.

So what about the November Nine? Who do you like?