Just because we'll be put on immortality, we won't all be the same!

I think we like to watch elite sport, because when we do we see people whose bodies are less limited that ours are. Our weaknesses stop us from doing stuff we'd like to do and it is impressive to watch people who aren't so limited as we are. In the new creation we'll be clothed in our glorious new bodies. The thing that we loved about elite sport will in some way be realised… But I don't think we'll all have the same skills. That would be boring.

Get what I'm saying?

I like that. It's a quite a Piper-esque view of beauty: http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Sermon... :
"God himself is the absolutely original pattern of all other beauty."

I wouldn't go so far as to call sport 'beautiful', but certainly it can be enjoyable and admirable – and to that extent it must point to God as the giver.

>>"while it should reflect honour and the best parts of human nature that will carry over into heaven – it actually is fun for reasons that are less eternal. The thrill of competition. The adrenalin rush that comes with a tight finish. A well executed play. These things are a meaningless chasing after the wind in the eternal scheme of things.

I'm not so sure. What is it about competition that makes it enjoyable – is it not the accomplishment of winning? Surely it's not a stretch to see how that might point to God as our eternal champion and victor?

But I don't think I'll be playing sport in heaven – too busy singing, and I reckon you might be too.