Found this video today and i loved it. So good to just thank God for who i REALLY am, not what Satan says that i am.
If you read my last entry you saw that i had a rough week the other week and the Lord revealed to me that i was listening to the lie of the enemy. So when i heard this message i was thankful to have some insight on what to do when you hear those lies coming your way. Just give thanks to the Lord for who i am in christ. Old things have past away!
Enjoy!
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Another ending... And a new beginning...
The season is now officially over. It is a sad thing, to be done playing hockey in February but i am doing well with the whole situation.
When i last wrote we were going into our final week of practices. We had 2 home games this past weekend and all last week we were preparing for them. I was all set on enjoying the week and working hard that week to get ready for those games. I got to practice monday and i saw something, something so small and it wasn't really a big deal, however, i let that thing bother me big time. It affected my whole practice on monday and i did not enjoy that. Quite honestly last week was a tough week for me. I want to be clear that i am convinced that the devil has been rendered powerless, and that the Lord has made us (believers) to be more than conquerors over situations and the devil. However, the devil still has a voice. It says in 1 Peter 5:8,
"Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour."
And the devil was trying to speak last week and i made the mistake of listening. I had a very rough couple of days, entertaining negative thoughts and even in the midst of reading my bible and feeding on truth, i was still listening to those negative thoughts. I made the mistake of entertaining them for a minute. The devil was crafty and some of those negative thoughts i was thinking sounded logical in a sense, they sounded like they could be true. However, they did not line up with truth (the word) and thats where the light bulb should be going off. So i had a rough couple days at practice and thursday night came around and coach put up the lineup for fridays game. Again i was not on the list and again the thoughts kept pouring in. Stronger than ever and i continued to entertain them. The funny thing is, if someone just saw me and said hello they could possibly not know what was going on on the inside of me, unless they had discernment from the Lord. This was an internal battle going on. Later on in the evening i was able to talk with my parents, and they so wisely helped to open my eyes to what was going on. How i was entertaining these lies from the devil and that was producing a thought of "the Lord is unfaithful" - i might not of said that with my mouth, but i entertained the thought for even a second and that is not good. After having my eyes opened i was so mad, mad at the devil and his deceitfulness, i was mad that he was trying to trick me like that, trying to get me to question the goodness of my God.
After going to the Lord and just spending time with Him thursday night and getting myself back into the truth, i was at peace and at rest in my spirit. It was excellent.
My parents and Carol had planned to come up for the weekend and watch both games. So they arrived friday and we went to the game and watched it together. We lost that night to Geneseo. The next day we met at the rink at 10 am to have a little meeting. Coaches use this as a way to get guys up in the morning so you dont sleep all day, plus this is where he puts the lineup up for that nights game. When i walked into the room i noticed that i was on the list to play that night! I was excited for sure, i wasnt jumping for joy or anything like that. But i was thankful to the Lord.
So basically including my parents and Carol, i had 13 people come to that game that night. ha. I had my own little fan club. We won that game and i was pleased with how i played. I had a mixture of feelings after the game, i was so happy that we had won, however, i was also sad that that was the end of the season then. So it was bitter sweet. I remember walking out to my car after the game and i was just thankful to the Lord. I was thankful that i had gotten to play that night, especially since it was the last game of the year and it was also senior night. I played that game for the 3 seniors we had, i wanted to make sure we won that game and we could send them out on a win! So i was just thrilled.
I still want to spend some time with the Lord and just speak with Him about this season and how everything went down. I am asking the Lord why certain things happened the way they did and i also want to start asking the Lord about next season. I might end up blogging later on about what i receive from the Lord or maybe i wont. I will try though.
We have about 2 more weeks of school until i get to go home for 1 week for spring break. I am looking forward to that. Also after this week is over (this is my rest week this week) i will start my training program for the spring. Also this spring i plan to setup a net outside in my backyard and i want to shoot at least 500 pucks a day. Maybe more, we will see how that goes. I really think this will be wise and it will be a good use of my time as well. I really want to work on my shot for next season and i think this is one way to do it.
I am receiving revelation from the Lord about work and how we do that under Grace and things of that nature, but i do not have the whole picture right now. I will post about that later sometime when i have more. Plus this entry is mega long already so i should cut it off now.
Thank you all for reading! I'll post again later!
When i last wrote we were going into our final week of practices. We had 2 home games this past weekend and all last week we were preparing for them. I was all set on enjoying the week and working hard that week to get ready for those games. I got to practice monday and i saw something, something so small and it wasn't really a big deal, however, i let that thing bother me big time. It affected my whole practice on monday and i did not enjoy that. Quite honestly last week was a tough week for me. I want to be clear that i am convinced that the devil has been rendered powerless, and that the Lord has made us (believers) to be more than conquerors over situations and the devil. However, the devil still has a voice. It says in 1 Peter 5:8,
"Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour."
And the devil was trying to speak last week and i made the mistake of listening. I had a very rough couple of days, entertaining negative thoughts and even in the midst of reading my bible and feeding on truth, i was still listening to those negative thoughts. I made the mistake of entertaining them for a minute. The devil was crafty and some of those negative thoughts i was thinking sounded logical in a sense, they sounded like they could be true. However, they did not line up with truth (the word) and thats where the light bulb should be going off. So i had a rough couple days at practice and thursday night came around and coach put up the lineup for fridays game. Again i was not on the list and again the thoughts kept pouring in. Stronger than ever and i continued to entertain them. The funny thing is, if someone just saw me and said hello they could possibly not know what was going on on the inside of me, unless they had discernment from the Lord. This was an internal battle going on. Later on in the evening i was able to talk with my parents, and they so wisely helped to open my eyes to what was going on. How i was entertaining these lies from the devil and that was producing a thought of "the Lord is unfaithful" - i might not of said that with my mouth, but i entertained the thought for even a second and that is not good. After having my eyes opened i was so mad, mad at the devil and his deceitfulness, i was mad that he was trying to trick me like that, trying to get me to question the goodness of my God.
After going to the Lord and just spending time with Him thursday night and getting myself back into the truth, i was at peace and at rest in my spirit. It was excellent.
My parents and Carol had planned to come up for the weekend and watch both games. So they arrived friday and we went to the game and watched it together. We lost that night to Geneseo. The next day we met at the rink at 10 am to have a little meeting. Coaches use this as a way to get guys up in the morning so you dont sleep all day, plus this is where he puts the lineup up for that nights game. When i walked into the room i noticed that i was on the list to play that night! I was excited for sure, i wasnt jumping for joy or anything like that. But i was thankful to the Lord.
So basically including my parents and Carol, i had 13 people come to that game that night. ha. I had my own little fan club. We won that game and i was pleased with how i played. I had a mixture of feelings after the game, i was so happy that we had won, however, i was also sad that that was the end of the season then. So it was bitter sweet. I remember walking out to my car after the game and i was just thankful to the Lord. I was thankful that i had gotten to play that night, especially since it was the last game of the year and it was also senior night. I played that game for the 3 seniors we had, i wanted to make sure we won that game and we could send them out on a win! So i was just thrilled.
I still want to spend some time with the Lord and just speak with Him about this season and how everything went down. I am asking the Lord why certain things happened the way they did and i also want to start asking the Lord about next season. I might end up blogging later on about what i receive from the Lord or maybe i wont. I will try though.
We have about 2 more weeks of school until i get to go home for 1 week for spring break. I am looking forward to that. Also after this week is over (this is my rest week this week) i will start my training program for the spring. Also this spring i plan to setup a net outside in my backyard and i want to shoot at least 500 pucks a day. Maybe more, we will see how that goes. I really think this will be wise and it will be a good use of my time as well. I really want to work on my shot for next season and i think this is one way to do it.
I am receiving revelation from the Lord about work and how we do that under Grace and things of that nature, but i do not have the whole picture right now. I will post about that later sometime when i have more. Plus this entry is mega long already so i should cut it off now.
Thank you all for reading! I'll post again later!
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Still going...
Hey!
So last week i wrote my blog before our game that saturday night against Elmira College. We ended up loosing that game to Elmira. We played so well and it was an excellent game, we just came up short in the end. It did not matter as much because Elmira is not in our conference, therefore, it does not affect our standings within our league. But it is still nice to win... After the game we came outside to load up our bus and then found it stuck in the snow. ha. We assembled about 12 of us in the front and tried to "push" the bus out. We got really close actually, we were rocking it back and forth and almost got it out but then a tow truck came and he ended up pulling us out. It was eventful to say the least. While waiting we ended up having a mini snow ball fight in the parking lot between us all which was pretty fun.
Last sunday was pretty disappointing to all the Steelers fans out there... I have surely gotten enough hassle from teammates and friends at school. But i still proudly wear my Steelers hat to school everyday. Also it was funny because my coach is a huge Packers fan, so i guess it was nice that his team got to win....
We had a good week at practice. I did not have a great practice monday, i was thinking about hopefully getting to play this weekend and all those thoughts were bogging me down. Then tuesday when i went to practice the Lord so kindly opened my eyes and reminded me that EVERYTHING i do i do as unto Him. And it clicked and i was free to practice unto the Lord, not to my coach and not for the chance to play either (although we do practice and prepare to play, that should be our expectation) but my purpose cant be just to play games. Thats not enough, everything i am doing must be as unto the Lord, in order that HE might be glorified through me. I remember telling my mom halfway through the week that i was having so much fun at practice this week because the Lord brought me back to that truth.
We only had 1 game this weekend, on friday. It was a conference game and it was a big one for sure. We had to win the game in order to have a chance at making the playoffs. Again i did not get a chance to play and again i was disappointed. I actually had an afternoon where i felt depressed slightly and the enemy was trying to fill my head with wrong thoughts. That things will never change and all those things that could potentially go with a disappointing situation. But again i am so thankful to the Lord because He always helps His children, He always sends me help in time of trouble. I got into the Word and into some teaching and the Lord continued to enlarge my picture of Him and what Jesus has accomplished on the cross and what that means in my DAILY life. The thing i am seeing is, i must come to the Word daily and be receiving food for my soul everyday. I need to keep feeding on what His word says about me, not what my situation or my coaches say about me but only what He says.
We did not win our game last night, we lost 4-0 and now we are officially out of the playoffs. We have 2 games next weekend, both home games but even if we win them both we cannot make the playoffs. Even though it doesnt really matter, i really want to win them. I want to end on a good note this season and i want to salvage some pride for this organization and school.
I look forward to what this week holds and i want to enjoy every single day of practice because this is our last week of practices. So i really want to take it all in and enjoy it and i am looking forward to hopefully having a chance to play next weekend in both of our games.
Again i will update you all next weekend after both of those games and i hope to bring some good news!
Thank you again for reading, it means so much to me that there are people out there who still continue to follow. Lots of love!
So last week i wrote my blog before our game that saturday night against Elmira College. We ended up loosing that game to Elmira. We played so well and it was an excellent game, we just came up short in the end. It did not matter as much because Elmira is not in our conference, therefore, it does not affect our standings within our league. But it is still nice to win... After the game we came outside to load up our bus and then found it stuck in the snow. ha. We assembled about 12 of us in the front and tried to "push" the bus out. We got really close actually, we were rocking it back and forth and almost got it out but then a tow truck came and he ended up pulling us out. It was eventful to say the least. While waiting we ended up having a mini snow ball fight in the parking lot between us all which was pretty fun.
Last sunday was pretty disappointing to all the Steelers fans out there... I have surely gotten enough hassle from teammates and friends at school. But i still proudly wear my Steelers hat to school everyday. Also it was funny because my coach is a huge Packers fan, so i guess it was nice that his team got to win....
We had a good week at practice. I did not have a great practice monday, i was thinking about hopefully getting to play this weekend and all those thoughts were bogging me down. Then tuesday when i went to practice the Lord so kindly opened my eyes and reminded me that EVERYTHING i do i do as unto Him. And it clicked and i was free to practice unto the Lord, not to my coach and not for the chance to play either (although we do practice and prepare to play, that should be our expectation) but my purpose cant be just to play games. Thats not enough, everything i am doing must be as unto the Lord, in order that HE might be glorified through me. I remember telling my mom halfway through the week that i was having so much fun at practice this week because the Lord brought me back to that truth.
We only had 1 game this weekend, on friday. It was a conference game and it was a big one for sure. We had to win the game in order to have a chance at making the playoffs. Again i did not get a chance to play and again i was disappointed. I actually had an afternoon where i felt depressed slightly and the enemy was trying to fill my head with wrong thoughts. That things will never change and all those things that could potentially go with a disappointing situation. But again i am so thankful to the Lord because He always helps His children, He always sends me help in time of trouble. I got into the Word and into some teaching and the Lord continued to enlarge my picture of Him and what Jesus has accomplished on the cross and what that means in my DAILY life. The thing i am seeing is, i must come to the Word daily and be receiving food for my soul everyday. I need to keep feeding on what His word says about me, not what my situation or my coaches say about me but only what He says.
We did not win our game last night, we lost 4-0 and now we are officially out of the playoffs. We have 2 games next weekend, both home games but even if we win them both we cannot make the playoffs. Even though it doesnt really matter, i really want to win them. I want to end on a good note this season and i want to salvage some pride for this organization and school.
I look forward to what this week holds and i want to enjoy every single day of practice because this is our last week of practices. So i really want to take it all in and enjoy it and i am looking forward to hopefully having a chance to play next weekend in both of our games.
Again i will update you all next weekend after both of those games and i hope to bring some good news!
Thank you again for reading, it means so much to me that there are people out there who still continue to follow. Lots of love!
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Being a branch in the vine...
Hey guys!
So last night we had a game against no. 1 ranked Oswego. This game was absolutely huge for us, we are in a position right now that we have to win the rest of our games in order to earn a playoff spot. So everyone was pumped up for this one, it was a home game so we tried to get a good portion of the school to come out and see us and we actually had a good crowd there. We played so well last night and we were winning the game 3-1 with 3 minutes left in the 3rd and final period. Right after we scored our 3rd goal to make it 3-1 Oswego came right back and scored a goal to make it 3-2. Then about a minute after that goal they scored again to tie the game up 3-3. It totally stunk that we blew our lead like that, we made a couple dumb decisions and that cost us some goals. We then had to go into overtime and try to beat them there. We dominated them in overtime and had a couple of different opportunities to score but we didnt. Then with 1 min left in the overtime period one of their forwards split our D and he went in to score the game winning goal. It was pretty disappointing because we had the No.1 team in the nation and we were beating them and all we had to do was hold onto the lead. Everyone was mad and disappointed with the results.
I did not get a chance to play in this game again. I was not really thinking i would get a chance because i figured that since we won both of our games last weekend that my coach would try to keep everything the same, we even wore our away jerseys for our home game because we won in our away jerseys last weekend. However, through the coarse of the week my Mom and Carol encouraged me with the scripture from Psalm 31 that says, "My times are in Your hands". My times are not in the hands of my coach (even though they look like they are), i trust the Lord that my times are in His hands and thats the safest place they can be. It doesn't always feel good, but i am thankful i can trust my times to Him.
We had a meeting this morning at the rink to talk about the game and to watch some game tape. After our meeting my coach announced that the lineup would be exactly the same as last night. Therefore i will not be playing again. I was kind of thinking because we lost last night that he might change the lineup but i was not sure. However, that word in Psalms still remains true, my times are in His hands. It stinks that im not playing, but i can rest in His time.
Also a dear brother of mine from India, Sid, reminded me yesterday of the scripture in John 15 about we believers being a branch in the Vine and because we are a branch we simply bear fruit. We do not have to TRY to bear fruit or strive to bear fruit, because we are a branch connected to the life flow we simply bear fruit. So i was greatly encouraged by that as i meditated on that yesterday.
We leave this afternoon to play our game against Elmira College, it is only an hour away so it wont be a bad trip. After this weekend we have one home game next friday and then 2 home games the following weekend and then the regular season is over...
Thanks again for reading and keeping up with what i am doing and what the Lord is doing in my life. I greatly appreciate it. I will write again soon!
GO STEELERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So last night we had a game against no. 1 ranked Oswego. This game was absolutely huge for us, we are in a position right now that we have to win the rest of our games in order to earn a playoff spot. So everyone was pumped up for this one, it was a home game so we tried to get a good portion of the school to come out and see us and we actually had a good crowd there. We played so well last night and we were winning the game 3-1 with 3 minutes left in the 3rd and final period. Right after we scored our 3rd goal to make it 3-1 Oswego came right back and scored a goal to make it 3-2. Then about a minute after that goal they scored again to tie the game up 3-3. It totally stunk that we blew our lead like that, we made a couple dumb decisions and that cost us some goals. We then had to go into overtime and try to beat them there. We dominated them in overtime and had a couple of different opportunities to score but we didnt. Then with 1 min left in the overtime period one of their forwards split our D and he went in to score the game winning goal. It was pretty disappointing because we had the No.1 team in the nation and we were beating them and all we had to do was hold onto the lead. Everyone was mad and disappointed with the results.
I did not get a chance to play in this game again. I was not really thinking i would get a chance because i figured that since we won both of our games last weekend that my coach would try to keep everything the same, we even wore our away jerseys for our home game because we won in our away jerseys last weekend. However, through the coarse of the week my Mom and Carol encouraged me with the scripture from Psalm 31 that says, "My times are in Your hands". My times are not in the hands of my coach (even though they look like they are), i trust the Lord that my times are in His hands and thats the safest place they can be. It doesn't always feel good, but i am thankful i can trust my times to Him.
We had a meeting this morning at the rink to talk about the game and to watch some game tape. After our meeting my coach announced that the lineup would be exactly the same as last night. Therefore i will not be playing again. I was kind of thinking because we lost last night that he might change the lineup but i was not sure. However, that word in Psalms still remains true, my times are in His hands. It stinks that im not playing, but i can rest in His time.
Also a dear brother of mine from India, Sid, reminded me yesterday of the scripture in John 15 about we believers being a branch in the Vine and because we are a branch we simply bear fruit. We do not have to TRY to bear fruit or strive to bear fruit, because we are a branch connected to the life flow we simply bear fruit. So i was greatly encouraged by that as i meditated on that yesterday.
We leave this afternoon to play our game against Elmira College, it is only an hour away so it wont be a bad trip. After this weekend we have one home game next friday and then 2 home games the following weekend and then the regular season is over...
Thanks again for reading and keeping up with what i am doing and what the Lord is doing in my life. I greatly appreciate it. I will write again soon!
GO STEELERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Is there anything impossible with the Lord?
When i posted last it was a friday night and i knew i was not playing in the game that night. We ended up loosing that game 6-2 i think. We did not play well at all, but the silver lining of not getting to play was i had the opportunity to spend time with my Mom and Carol Affolter for the whole evening. We sat together and talked and it was blast. It did me good to see them and chat with both of them. After our loss friday night i got a chance to play on saturday. I was very thankful for that because Carol and my Mum had traveled all that way to see me and i wanted them to have a chance to see me play. Although i was playing forward that night i was still excited to get the opportunity to play. It was an excellent game and our team was doing well, the attitudes on the bench were excellent and it was a great atmosphere. We were tied with Buffalo 2-2 going into the last minute of play and we ended up scoring with 17 seconds left to go up 3-2. We were so excited and we knew we just had to hold them off for 17 seconds to win the game. However, they ended up scoring with 2 seconds left to tie the game back up, it was disappointing to say the least. We then went into overtime but the game ended up in a tie. After the game my coach told me that he thought i did a good job playing forward that night and i told him thanks. I got close to scoring a goal which would of been nice.
After that weekend we went back to work the following week in practice and i think overall we had a good week of practies. In addition to practice we also started classes this past week and i also started back working at the library again, so that was a bit of an adjustment. I met with some challenges this week but the Lord was so faithful to me throughout the whole week. He supplied me with His perfect and practical wisdom and overall it was a great week. This past weekend (28th & 29th) we played Plattsburgh and Potsdam. Plattsburgh is ranked 7th in the nation and they are always a good team. As i was going through the week i simply asked the Lord for a miracle this weekend. I just asked Him for it and then i said i know that you hear me Father and i just heard Him say, prepare for a miracle. Thursday after practice i found out that i was not playing friday and again i was not too happy. We went to Plattsburgh friday night and we ended up winning 2-0! It has been over 6 years or something since our school beat Plattsburgh in their rink and also shut them out. It was amazing, totally a miracle from the Lord. I told a teammat of mine after the game and he asked me to ask the Lord that he would get a goal the next day.. and that we would win... So i told him i would ask the Lord. The next day we played Potsdam and the coach kept the lineup the same, and guess what? We won that game too, i asked the Lord for another miracle and he did it. And guess what else? I prayed for my teammate to score and he ended up scoring the game winning overtime goal! It was awesome! I told him afterwards to thank the Lord, and he said "you prayed?!" and i said "yep! see what He can do?!".
It was so much fun this weekend. Winning those 2 games gave us a chance to make the playoffs and we are heading in the right direction. The Lord is totally for us and He showed us that this weekend. I do hope to play this upcoming weekend and help contribute on the ice. But i will work hard this week in practice totally unto the Lord and watch Him do it. I feel like i could write more but i have written so much already.
I hope you all are enjoying your day and see how faithful and good the Lord is to you each and everyday. I will update again after the games this weekend..
Thanks for reading!
After that weekend we went back to work the following week in practice and i think overall we had a good week of practies. In addition to practice we also started classes this past week and i also started back working at the library again, so that was a bit of an adjustment. I met with some challenges this week but the Lord was so faithful to me throughout the whole week. He supplied me with His perfect and practical wisdom and overall it was a great week. This past weekend (28th & 29th) we played Plattsburgh and Potsdam. Plattsburgh is ranked 7th in the nation and they are always a good team. As i was going through the week i simply asked the Lord for a miracle this weekend. I just asked Him for it and then i said i know that you hear me Father and i just heard Him say, prepare for a miracle. Thursday after practice i found out that i was not playing friday and again i was not too happy. We went to Plattsburgh friday night and we ended up winning 2-0! It has been over 6 years or something since our school beat Plattsburgh in their rink and also shut them out. It was amazing, totally a miracle from the Lord. I told a teammat of mine after the game and he asked me to ask the Lord that he would get a goal the next day.. and that we would win... So i told him i would ask the Lord. The next day we played Potsdam and the coach kept the lineup the same, and guess what? We won that game too, i asked the Lord for another miracle and he did it. And guess what else? I prayed for my teammate to score and he ended up scoring the game winning overtime goal! It was awesome! I told him afterwards to thank the Lord, and he said "you prayed?!" and i said "yep! see what He can do?!".
It was so much fun this weekend. Winning those 2 games gave us a chance to make the playoffs and we are heading in the right direction. The Lord is totally for us and He showed us that this weekend. I do hope to play this upcoming weekend and help contribute on the ice. But i will work hard this week in practice totally unto the Lord and watch Him do it. I feel like i could write more but i have written so much already.
I hope you all are enjoying your day and see how faithful and good the Lord is to you each and everyday. I will update again after the games this weekend..
Thanks for reading!
Friday, January 21, 2011
God is good ALL the time!
Hey guys i wanted to update you on how the games went the other weekend. As you can see from my previous post i finally got a chance to play in a game. We had a game friday night (Jan 7th) and also a game on the 8th. I got to play in both games. Our game friday night was a really good game, we were playing the 6th ranked team in the nation at home and there were about 5 min left in the 3rd period when they scored a goal to break the 2-2 tie. They scored that goal on the power-play and we just couldn't score again to tie it up. So we ended up loosing 3-2 that game, but we played really well, we just took a stupid penalty there that cost us a goal. I was very pleased with how i played friday, i got a chance to play on the penalty kill as well which i was happy about and i really just had a lot of fun. After the game my coach even commented to me on how i played well. So in saturday nights game i got a chance to play again. It was an away game and i got to start that game. Which was fun because they call your name and you skate out to the middle of the ice. I was feeling good about this game, especially with how we played the night before, however, we ended up loosing this game 10-1. It was horrible, we couldn't seem to stop them from scoring. Our whole entire team played bad as a whole, it was just not good at all.
After those two games that weekend we had a couple days off in a row. The following weekend (14th & 15th) we did not have any games. So we just practiced that whole week and played some inter-squad scrimmage games.
Now this weekend (21st & 22nd) we have two more games. One tonight and one tomorrow night, out in the Buffalo area. I was very pleased that i got a chance to play in our last games and i thought that that was going to continue. But i find myself here now not dressing again for tonight's game. I was not happy with it and when i heard the news yesterday after practice it took me a little while to be okay with it. Right now i am doing fine and the Lord is helping me to move forward.
Yesterday i had a chance to speak at another local church's youth group meeting. My one friend who i believe i have mentioned before, his name is Nick, he is a youth pastor at a local church here in Cortland. I came to his youth group meeting last thursday and then after the meeting he asked me if i wanted to speak the following week. I said yes and i knew from the Lord i was to speak on the love of God. It was really fun getting to speak with these young kids (12, 13 and 14 yr olds) about how much the Lord loves them. And it has been so good as to how the Lord has been teaching me about the Love of God in preparing for these teachings.
So right now my mom and Carol are on their way up here to watch my games this weekend and i am hoping that i will have a chance to play tomorrow night.
In the midst of my unfavorable situation i can be convinced that God is for me. I know the Lord is doing a work in me right now and preparing me for all He has in store. Somehow this will turn out for my good, i do not love it by any means, i wanna play! But i know He will work it out for my good and i am what His word says i am. I am a success everywhere i go because He goes with me. So i plan to have a successful night tonight watching my team win!
Love ya'll, thanks for reading.
After those two games that weekend we had a couple days off in a row. The following weekend (14th & 15th) we did not have any games. So we just practiced that whole week and played some inter-squad scrimmage games.
Now this weekend (21st & 22nd) we have two more games. One tonight and one tomorrow night, out in the Buffalo area. I was very pleased that i got a chance to play in our last games and i thought that that was going to continue. But i find myself here now not dressing again for tonight's game. I was not happy with it and when i heard the news yesterday after practice it took me a little while to be okay with it. Right now i am doing fine and the Lord is helping me to move forward.
Yesterday i had a chance to speak at another local church's youth group meeting. My one friend who i believe i have mentioned before, his name is Nick, he is a youth pastor at a local church here in Cortland. I came to his youth group meeting last thursday and then after the meeting he asked me if i wanted to speak the following week. I said yes and i knew from the Lord i was to speak on the love of God. It was really fun getting to speak with these young kids (12, 13 and 14 yr olds) about how much the Lord loves them. And it has been so good as to how the Lord has been teaching me about the Love of God in preparing for these teachings.
So right now my mom and Carol are on their way up here to watch my games this weekend and i am hoping that i will have a chance to play tomorrow night.
In the midst of my unfavorable situation i can be convinced that God is for me. I know the Lord is doing a work in me right now and preparing me for all He has in store. Somehow this will turn out for my good, i do not love it by any means, i wanna play! But i know He will work it out for my good and i am what His word says i am. I am a success everywhere i go because He goes with me. So i plan to have a successful night tonight watching my team win!
Love ya'll, thanks for reading.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Guess who is playing???!!
Hey everyone! I had a wonderful time at home. My "break" was very packed and full. I am now back at school, we have to come back earlier than all the other students because of hockey. I came back on sunday (Jan 2nd) and this weeks practices have been great. The Lord has helped me so much and when i have been playing this week i have been so free in my mind. The Lord continues to take me on in a revelation of Him, of His forgiveness and Grace in my life. Also the fact that i am Favored beyond measure and i did not earn it! It is awesome! On tuesday i was walking off the ice and my coach said to me that he thought i was looking really good. He said my passes look a lot better and said i am looking really good. So he encouraged me to keep up the hard work and he said that he would get me into a game here soon sometime.
This weekend we have two games, we have one tomorrow night (friday, the 7th) and also saturday the 8th. Coach put up the dress list for tomorrows game and i am playing! I was not sure if he would put me in so soon after he said what he said, but he did. So i am really looking forward to tomorrow night, i am just gonna have some fun! I wanted ya'll to know before the game and i will try to update you all after this weekends games.
Thanks for reading! I'll post again soon!
This weekend we have two games, we have one tomorrow night (friday, the 7th) and also saturday the 8th. Coach put up the dress list for tomorrows game and i am playing! I was not sure if he would put me in so soon after he said what he said, but he did. So i am really looking forward to tomorrow night, i am just gonna have some fun! I wanted ya'll to know before the game and i will try to update you all after this weekends games.
Thanks for reading! I'll post again soon!
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