Cheers from the stands.......

Good Monday everyone! I just can't stop smiling from something that happened last night. After getting homework done that Joslyn forgot to tell me about and getting Luke to bed. Joslyn and I settled down on her bed for our nightly Bible story. She came and cuddled up with her head on my chest to listen intently and ask lots of questions. What daddy could ask for more? Even though I am struggling with this back injury, I am totally blessed. God knows what we need and even who we need it from. I am blessed be able to spend more time with them. Sometimes we need things like this to encourage us to continue on. To march on! Sometimes we even need those that are around us to be encouragers. Let's dig into the good stuff and look at a scripture from a different angle......

 

Bible Verse: Hebrews 12:1 "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us."

 

At a high school football game one night this little skinny small framed woman was sitting next to the student section. She had listened to them scream and cheer the whole game. She'd been quiet the almost the entire game until there was a fumble on the field. The back-up quarterback, a little scrawny kid, picked up the ball and started scrambling for the end zone. He was running past the other players and closing the distance on the goal line. I am telling you this little woman just exploded! She was jumping up and down and screaming, "Run, baby, run! Run, baby, run!" We found out later that he was her son.

 

I really think that God and His "posse" or angels are sitting up in heaven watching us on the playing field of life. I think they are on the edge of their seats. Waiting to cheer us on from the heavenly stands to "run with patience, the race that is set before us." They want to cheer for us. The question is. Are we doing anything for them to cheer about? We might even be needing  a lift today? We might be needing to hear someone say "You are doing great! Keep scrambling for the goal line." Can you imagine the size of the stands in heaven cheering you on? Oh yeah! Talk about a cheering section! It doesn't matter if you are the preacher, deacon, Sunday school teacher, or a brand new Christian. We must keep scrambling for the goal line. We got this. have a great day and God bless.