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
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ReplyDeleteThis was a wonderful article. It spoke such a necessary truth. One of the best things we can give our husbands - maybe even THE best thing - is the ability to TRUST us. It's a sign of our love and respect for them, to always act in a way that honors them. Trust is a solid foundation, and yet, it is fragile in the sense that once broken, it can rarely be restored. Therefore, we must guard it tenderly...
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