MY ELEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IS TRYING OUT FOR THE BASKETBALL TEAM AT HER SCHOOL. KLOE IS HER NAME. I WAS EXCITED ABOUT HER DESIRE TO PLAY, SINCE I AM A BIG SPORTS FAN AND I PLAYED MYSELF. KLOE'S FIRST PRACTICE CONSISTED OF RUNNING RUNNING AND RUNNING. SHE DID NOT LIKE THIS. SHE SAID WE NEVER TOUCHED A BALL. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO HER BASKETBALL REQUIRES BEING IN GOOD RUNNING CONDITION. SHE DECIDED SHE WAS GOING TO QUIT, BUT I WOULD NOT ALLOW HER TO QUIT. I TOLD HER SHE NEEDED TO HANG IN THERE AND GIVE HERSELF A CHANCE. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF TRYOUTS, I WENT AND WATCHED HER YESTERDAY SHE REALLY DID A GOOD JOB. I THINK SHE WILL MAKE THE TEAM. I LEARNED A GREAT LESSON OF LIFE FROM THIS. SO OFTEN IN LIFE WE WANT TO ENJOY THE ACTIVITY WITH NO PREPARATION AND HARD WORK. WE WILL ONLY GROW IN LIFE AS WE DO THE NECESSARY WORK OF PREPARTION.
MY PRAYER TODAY IS THAT THE PEOPLE OF GOD WILL BE COMMITTED TO HARD WORK AND PREPARATION SO WE CAN BE GOOD AND READY WHEN GOD PLACES US IN THE GAME OF HIS SERVICE.
KLOE HAS NOW LEARNED THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE THAT SHE MUST DO SOME THINGS THAT SHE DOESN'T LIKE IN ORDER TO DO SOMETHINGS SHE LOVES.
FOR HIS GLORY ALONE!
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