Our family is in the midst of little league soccer season. My youngest son is playing and his enthusiasm is contagious. He is pretty good at the sport, but what makes it so great is that he loves it! He counts the days until the next game or practice. He loves his coach and teammates. He has moved up an age level this year and the players are working more like team, passing to each other and watching out for each other during play. During the last game, my son scored two goals, they were the only goals of the game. In today's game the team scored eight goals. My son came up afterwards to me and said, "I didn't score today, but I blocked". What a powerful truth those words can hold. In life, sometimes we score, sometimes we block. Sometimes we do great things, we excel, we achieve, we meet our goal - we score! There are also times we see the needs of others, sometimes they are sad or hurting, we block their hits. We look out for them so they can score. We...
Hi Joyce! Love your blog. I too, am linking up to this challenge. If you so wish, feel free to encourage other women by linking up to Ordinary Inspirations every Monday as well: http://ordinaryinspirations.blogspot.com/2010/06/love-notes-revisted-and-hope.html
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Traci
I love that thought of being my husband's completer. I was just talking with a friend today about the "me" mentality that is so prevalent today. Its really no wonder that so many marriages struggle. The joy of marriage truly is about what I can do for my spouse...not what do I get out of this.
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I am joining this challenge also and I look forward to meeting you. Feel free to link up with me at Pursuit of Titus 2.
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May God Bless You! Nice to meet you!
I am joining the challenge as well. Look forward to getting to know you better- your blog is..well, joyful!
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