Football and Life

Football is here and Fall is around the corner. Cool weather and football go together like tomatoes and rice, or as we say in south Georgia "may-tters and rice". Go Falcons! Can they do it? Time will tell. Go Bulldogs! Can they win the SEC? Time will tell.

I played High School football for 5 years (JV and Varsity). Looking back on that wonderful experience I now realize that playing football has much to teach one in life. It teaches you to give your best on every play. It teaches you to never give up. It teaches you to be a team player. It teaches you how to work through adversity. It teaches you about the up's and down's in life, the mountain top experiences and the valleys that are so low: The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Those long hours of practice pay off on Friday night. You become victorious during practice and it shows up on Friday night. In life, you become victorious through the valley journeys and it shows up on the mountain tops of life. That's just some of the things you learn.

A famous football coach once said that there are about 12 plays in a game that can turn that ball game around. I witnessed that a couple of weeks ago at one of our local high school games. You may have seen that this weekend in some of the college and NFL games. In life there are key times that become defining moments. Those are times where crucial decisions have to be made. That's when we must be sensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit.

Facing a decision now? Look back on the journey up to this point. How did God lead you in prior defining moments? Couple that with your trust in Him and step forward in faith. God will lead you through.