Tuesday night, Simone Biles shocked the world when she decided to step down from competing in the team gymnastics finals at the Olympics. After a botched vault, she realized that she was not mentally where she needed to be to continue the competition. After a brief break behind the scenes, where she likely consulted with her coach and team doctors, she came back out and announced to her teammates that she would be sitting out the rest of the competition. She then threw on her warmups and enthusiastically cheered her teammates on to a silver-medal winning finish. Since that day, many people have commented on what happened. While most I've seen have been supportive, there are some people who have been very critical. Most have called her selfish, but there are a few who have gone beyond that to label her sociopathic and un-American. No matter what form the criticism has taken, it all seems to be focusing on the wrong thing. They're mad because they believe...
Reflections on modern life through the lens of Christianity. There will be different formats for different posts, but my prayer is that each one will be used by God to help someone else have hope.