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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!