I have had a little bit of trouble coming up with something to write about the past couple days, but now I have way more than I should really put in one post. So, hold on, this could get long...
First of all, Week 2 proved to be much better for the G-Ballers Volleyball team. We won! We took the other team down in just two games. While it wasn't pretty at times, we still won and had fun in the process. I'm thinking there may be something to the power of the socks. We might not look that menacing:
But watch out! We come ready to play:
Secondly, I've been thinking (which is usually a scary thing) and I am still so amazed at the incredible people God has brought into my life in the last couple years. I've been fortunate to spend a little quality time with several of my peeps the last couple days and everytime I walk away from them I am very aware of the huge blessing they are to me. Proverbs 27:17 comes to mind when I think of them, "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."
Thanks guys for being such amazing friends.
And finally, by now I'm sure all of you have heard about what happened to Steven Curtis Chapman's youngest daughter yesterday. The whole situation is one of those unbelievable tragedies that is completely impossible to wrap your mind around. I remember living through one of those same kind of situations when I was in high school and a man armed with a gun entered my church's sanctuary and began firing at hundreds of teenagers. Mind-boggling. But, guess who came to Fort Worth, TX a few days later to bring a message of hope - Steven Curtis Chapman himself. My heart hurts for his family. This is the song he sang, it still comes to mind often:
This is not at all how
We thought it was supposed to be
We had so many plans for you
We had so many dreams
And now you've gone away
And left us with the memories of your smile
And nothing we can say
And nothing we can do
Can take away the pain
The pain of losing you, but ...
We can cry with hope
We can say goodbye with hope
'Cause we know our goodbye is not the end, oh no
And we can grieve with hope
'Cause we believe with hope
(There's a place by God's grace)
There's a place where we'll see your face again
We'll see your face again
And never have I known
Anything so hard to understand
And never have I questioned more
The wisdom of God's plan
But through the cloud of tears
I see the Father's smile and say well done
And I imagine you
Where you wanted most to be
Seeing all your dreams come true
'Cause now you're home
And now you're free, and ...
We have this hope as an anchor
'Cause we believe that everything
God promised us is true, so ...
We wait with hope
And we ache with hope
We hold on with hope
We let go with hope
3 comments:
the g-ballers look like they should be in a will ferrell, sport movie!! :)
I'd forgotten about that song. After experiencing my first incomprehensible loss, I can't imagine saying goodbye to one of my children. For every story like this we hear, there are thousands more that go untold. My heart aches for all who are clinging to that hope...thanks for reminding me of a great comfort song.
I know this has nothing to do with the post, but are you going to the Wedgwood Baptist Reunion for the youth group in June? It would be great to see you.
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