“Congratulations!
You are undefeated!” This was my opening
sentence to Greg this morning. Yep, the
team did it! They have finished their pre-season,
season and now play offs as undefeated!
The accomplishment is quite impressive, even for us as the coach and his
family.
Truly,
this isn’t a pride issue rather it is an “Awe” issue with what the Lord has
done! Not only because the team was predicted to be in last position and my
husbands prediction was “we could win
a few”, but it is the reality of teams,
and sports and … well … life!!
The
likelihood of a winning season much less an undefeated season rarely, if ever
occurs.
Take
our family experience for our 27 years.
Greg has coached college, little league and high school ball throughout
many of those years. He has had a few
winning seasons. Never (until last
night) has he had an undefeated season.
Our
eldest only played one sport her entire career (oh yeah, and a semester of
cheerleading her senior year) and really she sat the bench.
Our
youngest, no sports.
Our
man-child, well he is a super gifted athlete. His athleticism started with an attempt to join his best buds in
karate. He went to their first
“practice.” The instructor stood at the
front of the little pre-schoolers and kindergarteners and began calling out
instructions in a foreign language.
Drew, just followed along for about 30 minutes and then took a mad dash
to the door crying hysterically. He was
so overwhelmed. He was done with karate
for life. No wins there.
Then
he faced a string of little league sports.
The score board invariably read no winning seasons.
High
school lead to a dramatic knee surgery that ended with a disdain for the sport
he was injured in.
His
senior year a new sport was introduced to the school and our son. Thus began our love of lacrosse. As mentioned, Drew is an athlete. He played great with a sport that he nor the
school knew much about. He fell in love
with his teammates and the sport. He
even played lacrosse most of his college years.
His team went to the playoffs. It
was a wonderful experience for him.
Moms,
parenting is like these sporting attempts at undefeated seasons. We learn from each season. We grow during
these seasons. I love what God words
says in II Corinthians 4: 8 – 11.
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| (I challenge you to write this out before your day starts and meditate on it throughout the day!) |
No, we aren’t going to win every battle each day. God wants us to know He is on our side. He wants us to win. No, He doesn’t want us to take the glory or even think it is us winning the battle. He wants us to see it is HIM winning in and through us. I John 4: 4 should also encourage us.
Because
of Christ, very morning we can wake saying to the Lord, “Congratulations! YOU
are undefeated!”
