Sunday's Coming

Good morning,

It's that time again and my prayer this morning is for those that went through those terrible storms Monday in Oklahoma and Kansas. I was watching interviews with people who had just lost everything and time and time again they would say they were blessed. That God had spared them and their families. Things can be replaced, family can't.


I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. - 2 Timothy 4:7



Not many people would disagree that professional football is a rough, sometimes violent sport. Years ago, during a Monday-night football game between the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants, one of the announcers observed that Walter Payton, the Bears’ hall-of-fame running back, had accumulated over nine miles in yardage by running with the football. Another announcer remarked, “Yeah, and that’s with someone knocking him down every 4.6 yards!”

Walter Payton was one of the most successful running backs to ever play professional football. He knew that everyone–even the best–gets knocked down. The key to his success was getting back up and running again just as hard the next time he took the football.


In the race that is the Christian life, keep your eyes on the finish line and run hard! No matter who tries to cause you to stumble or whatever circumstances knock you off balance, when you fall down along the way, get back up, dust yourself off and get back in the game! Don’t become discouraged and quit! In life, being knocked down is inevitable. But, if you keep your eyes on the Lord and keep running hard, you will be assured of finishing well in the end!


Thanks for praying with us for those in these areas and thank you for continuing to pray for us as we travel to Oklahoma tomorrow, if the park is still there and has power.

Have a great day, love you, pass it on.


Don


PS. Park is still there and they never lost power.  Praise the Lord.  LaVon is very happy that the park has a storm shelter.