Brady (grandson) has started football. I took him to his first couple of practices. As I watched them go through the conditioning drills that will get them physically in shape and help them to be mentally tough for the sport, I could not help but compare all that they were doing with our Christian lives. Just as Brady had to hear about football, get excited about it and make a committment to the sport, we as Christians must hear about Christ, get excited about Him and accept Him (make a committment) as our saviour.
It takes a lot of hard work and committment to be the best you can be in any sport. Many parents will go to all kinds of practices, make all kinds of road trips to games and go to many meetings so that their children will have the opportunity to be the best they can be in their chosen sport. The question is why those very same parents will not take their children to an hour or two a week of church activities? It takes a lot of hard work and committment to be the best you can be as a child of Christ and just as little Tobey is trying to imitate his big brother so our children imitate us. If we put no importance on our life eternal, show no committment to Jesus Christ, have no interest in church or the activities that church promotes, our children who imitate and learn what life is about by our actions, will show no interest in learning about Christ or accepting Christ as their saviour.
Have a blessed Sunday, spend some of it with God and Jesus, it will make the week ahead a better place to be…
Randy
Wesley United Methodist Church, Orange TX 
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