Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Basketball
I’ve been helping (if you can call it that) coach Trevor’s 8th grade basketball team. Each Saturday we travel to some remote town and find our way to the local school (middle or High). This year especially, they’ve been outsized on average by about 5 or 6 inches and 25 to 35 lbs. and as a result, the boys have not won very many games (1 and 23?). Now, they have come very close to winning 8 or perhaps 10 of those other games, but through error or circumstance, they weren’t able to ‘seal the deal’. The point is this, in the face of indescribable odds, these boys continue to go out on the court and for the most part they don’t give up. They go out there and give it their best shot and a good deal of the times, we’ll hang in there. These boys have tenacity, they have spirit and they love the game.
Throughout life, situations come and go, trials, temptations, testing’s. Sometimes we try and fail sometimes we succeed. It’s great to win, it’s nice to succeed but it’s not just about winning, it’s in how you play the game…it’s in how you run the race. When we’re out there on the court or on the job, are you giving it your best shot? As us coaches say, ‘are you leaving it all out on the court?’
Heb 12; 1-3: Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
So, are you entangled…stumbling along in the race of life? Maybe you’re still in training and learning just how to run. Or perhaps you’re a seasoned runner trying to keep from injuring yourself. Which ever the case…you’re on the track and you’re in the race. What’s your goal…who/what are your eyes fixed on?
For the love of Amy - V
Throughout life, situations come and go, trials, temptations, testing’s. Sometimes we try and fail sometimes we succeed. It’s great to win, it’s nice to succeed but it’s not just about winning, it’s in how you play the game…it’s in how you run the race. When we’re out there on the court or on the job, are you giving it your best shot? As us coaches say, ‘are you leaving it all out on the court?’
Heb 12; 1-3: Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
So, are you entangled…stumbling along in the race of life? Maybe you’re still in training and learning just how to run. Or perhaps you’re a seasoned runner trying to keep from injuring yourself. Which ever the case…you’re on the track and you’re in the race. What’s your goal…who/what are your eyes fixed on?
For the love of Amy - V
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Hello Vince
It was so wonderful to see Trevor play BB on Saturday. We watched eight games that day.
Trevor and the boys do love the game, and they leave it on the court. It's so hard to lose game after game. But they all have huge hearts.
I could hear Amy when Trevor would make a basket Saturday. I wanted to yell "Whose Son is that?"
Vince, you are a great coach on and off the court. Believe it or not you blog helps coach those who loved Amy and miss her.
And you a great father to your children. You are a WINNER - and your family shows it. Jodi
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It was so wonderful to see Trevor play BB on Saturday. We watched eight games that day.
Trevor and the boys do love the game, and they leave it on the court. It's so hard to lose game after game. But they all have huge hearts.
I could hear Amy when Trevor would make a basket Saturday. I wanted to yell "Whose Son is that?"
Vince, you are a great coach on and off the court. Believe it or not you blog helps coach those who loved Amy and miss her.
And you a great father to your children. You are a WINNER - and your family shows it. Jodi
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