"Tough Choices" or "Fantasy Football Dilemas"

This year I have been participating on a couple of Fantasy Football Leagues. (I know I'm a Dork! Are you surprised by that????) These leagues have really changed my perspective on watching football. I am now watch games of teams I used to not care about about whatsoever. It has also put me a bit of a quandary. When ever one of my players are playing my beloved Cowboys, how do I cheer? Who do I root for? What is more important? Do I cheer the team I have rooted for as long as I have watched football or do I encourage the player on the other team which will help me win? You can see my dilemma?
These decisions are not all that different than some choices we make everyday. There are times when we come to a crossroad in our lives and we have to decide between the God who has always been there for us and has helped throughout our lives or the new desires or opportunities or the new relationships we have in our lives. We know the right answer but the decision is really tough. Do we go with what is right or with what we want?
Stay firm. Stay Loyal. Choose God and His will. That way He always win. He's gonna win anyways.

"A Unwelcome Revelation" or "Finding Common Ground"

O.K., it's official, I am old and fat. This information hit me like a ton of bricks yesterday. I have been running with Mysha's Cross Country team, (which is where the fat part comes in), and we were trying to teach the kids about speed and determination. The coach and I tried to come up with examples of this to illustrate to the kids about what we were talking about. First we tried to use Carl Lewis, which was met with blank stares. Then we tried Michael Johnson, still no connection. Finally, we mentioned Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay, then the knew what we were talking about. Then it dawned on me that most of these kids weren't alive or old enough to see or know Michael Johnson or Carl Lewis (That's were the old part came in). They had never experienced their awe inspiring feats of speed and grace on the track. We had to find a way they could understand and not insist they go home and pull up footage of these two so they could understand what we were saying. We had to relate with them.
Today, we live in a highly unchurched popluation with people who do not know Jesus or the things He did. We are speaking to them of redemption and atonement and they don't have a clue of what we are talking about. Too many times we insist they go home and figure it out on their own but we need to be able to speak their language. We need to show them of what we believe and not try to make them just figure it out somehow. If we don't tell, who will?

"Every Day Counts" or "Being Consistent"

The last time I wrote about Mysha and the legacy she is now continuing in with Cross Country. Well, She had her first meet last Saturday and beat her best time by 2 minutes!!!! I was amazed by the acheivenment and I asked her what made the diference. She looked at me and said, "Every Day Counts, Dad!"
This statement has been marinating in my head for almost a week now. It is so simple and yet so profound. Steph's favorite phrase here lately has been, "Be the Change You Want to See". We sit around waiting for something to happen. We all complain about how things are. We all dream about how things could be. But what do we do about it? We need to be the change we want to see in the world with the understanding that every day does count so let's get started! Thanks Mykaela for those words of wisdom!