Perserverance/Character Building

Last night we had the opportunity to take out girls to the first football game ever for the girls school, Skipstone Academy. We drove to Lagrange for this game, we wanted the girls to be able to remember they were there for the first game ever someday down the line.

Our team is small in numbers but we are from a small school so that is to be expected. Those boys truly had to feel like they were Facing the Giants last night, the other team was bigger in number, they were on their own turf, they had cheerleaders. We did have amazing fan turnout considering how far it was. We tried to let the guys know we were behind them, we hollered and screamed the whole game. The guys played their hearts out last night, I know we had atleast 3 injuries by halftime but they did give up, even though the score was 54-0 at that point. I asked my husband why they did not call the game at that point, he told me the guys would not want to do that. He told me that everybody has to start somewhere and most of the time it is not at the top. He was right, after halftime, the team never let the other team score, and they managed to score an amazing touchdown. We probably celebrated more over that first touchdown than the other team celebrated over all theirs. I am not putting the other team down by any means, they played an amazing game, we just wanted the guys to have a taste of it. After the game was over I was proud to see all of our guys with their heads held high, they have nothing to be ashamed of, they played to the best of their abilities and never gave up-these will become great men some day with great leadership abilities because they have seen the impossible situation and did not walk away. I am proud to say these are the role models for my children to watch everyday. I saw one of the guys shirts yesterday during the pep rally and it said "I can, I will, I am a Warrior" and they did last night! I would not have missed this experience for anything.

Job 23:10 "For He knoweth they way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold."

This my favorite verse in the Bible, Job was tested beyond anything he himself could have stood but he knew that God had a plan, he was able to accept what happened somehow. This is how I want to be able to handle the curves that life throws at me, I know that God has my life planned and there is a reason for everything. I want to be a better person on the other end of whatever situation I encounter.

I don 't think it was any accident that one of our school colors is gold because the team came forth as gold last night.

I know I am babbling but the name of the blog is inner thoughts on the outside, this is how my brain works I start somewhere and my brain shoots off on tandem thoughts before returning to the original train of thought. Till the next random thought . . .