Faith and football

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Besides making the winning touchdown this game will always be special to me. It was a blessing on so many levels. Let me explain:

Our Director of Outreach Josh Jones has been taking an intentionally organic but extremly active approach to ministry. He moved into Stapleton 4 months ago when he took the job he stands out like a sore thumb, but he has quickly become a recognizable part of the neighborhood. He can be found playing basketball on any given day in the local parks and he actually holds his own. anyway he convinced a group of neighbor hood teens to come out for a backyard rules tackle football game. Then he convinced myself our Youth Outreach person "Aaron Moore and Our cook "Terrence" to come out and play against these "kids".

This was the first time i have done anything athletic since having my aorta replaced 2.5 years ago and needless to say my wife was a little concerned. but once the smack talk started i was in. I figured a bunch of 16 year olds can't handle 4 reasonably healthy men. well after almost 3 hours we were we were any thing but healthy.

The score was tied Josh called a huddle while lying on his backand we got made the play i scored the winning touchdown.

I am blessed because just over two years ago i was lying in a hospital bed wondering if i would wake up after a risky heart surgery and here i am play takle football, but that is the side story the true mircle happened the next day. We had our second sunday evening Praise meeting (we recently added a second sunday worship service on sunday evenings) and everyone who was at the game (most had never attended church before) came to our worship service.

1 Corinthians 9:27 Says:
No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

It has been 5 days: The side of Josh's face is black and blue. Our cook can barely walk Aaron has a cut on the inside of his mouth and is walking with a paquiliar limp, and every muscle in my body is sore but boy am i enjoying the prize. Winning was great too but what a church service we had the content of the service however will be fodder for another blog.