Monday, August 11, 2008

Determined

There are many fuming Packer fans right now! By now I am sure you have heard the news that Brett Favre is now a Jets player. Wasn't it just a few months ago we said our tearful goodbyes? It is funny to see so many fans take this in such a personal way, "why would he do this to us?" I have even heard Tyler ask.

Personally, I think it took him more courage to come back and play in the sport, than to have gracefully retired in his hallmark card ending. Honestly, he is 38 years old, and starting out-of-shape in a football season that is about to begin. Not to mention he is playing in the foreign land of New York! I have thought about this since last week and have come to the conclusion that he would have physically stopped breathing if he did not play. I think football season was coming around and he realized that he would not make it by simply sitting on the couch with a bowl of chips and dip and watching the game from a lazy-boy! He had to play or he would die....

I would love to serve God that way. I want to be in that place where even when I have the opportunity to receive praise and recognition for what I have done and are presented the chance for an easy life, I will just go right back out and keep serving Him. I want to be that way even when it isn't the popular thing to do and people hate me! That takes determination and courage that only God can provide .

I love this passage about Paul... He was the original Brett Favre!

Acts 21:12-14

" When we all heard this, we and the people there begged Paul not to go to Jerusalem. But he said, "Why are you crying and making me so sad? I am not only ready to be tied up in Jerusalem, I am ready to die for the Lord Jesus!"
We could not persuade him to stay away from Jerusalem. So we stopped begging him and said, "We pray that what the Lord wants will be done."