Anything for a season...

For most of us, the Christmas holidays are wrapping up, the kids are getting restless, and routine is much needed.  And as our husbands are preparing for the next "season" we continue our encouragement and support.  See, in our house our calendar year is broken down in to "seasons".  But they are not spring, summer, fall, winter - they are spring football, summer workouts, official practice, regular season, playoffs, off season, spring sport (whatever that happens to be - it will be track this year), and then we start over :)  In an earlier post I quoted a friend of mine telling me that I can do anything for a season.  Funny thing is I was not even married to a football coach at that time, but amazing how that simple word of encouragement has carried me through 9 football seasons!

As we start this new year I wanted to write a message of encouragement.  Whatever season you are about to enter I pray that you will remember and cling to a few things:

1- God is always faithful -
2 Thess 3:3-5  "But the Lord is faithful.  He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.  And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command.  May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ."

2- Jesus wants all of you -
Luke 14:25-26 "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters-yes, even his own life-he cannot be my disciple."
Now, of course Jesus is not telling you to actually hate these people.  In the book Not A Fan by Kyle Idleman he explains it like this:
"The NLT says 'hate'.  The Contemporary English Version says 'love me more.'  The most accurate understanding of what Jesus is requiring of his followers is a combination of these two translations.  Jesus is most likely conveying the idea of 'love me more,' but 'hate' is also accurate because it captures the degree to which we love Jesus more."
No matter what we do in life, or what our husbands do, we cannot do anything separate from Jesus being the one and only.  There is no way we can love our husbands and children in the way we were created apart from loving Christ first.

3- You are not alone-
The reason I started this blog was to be an encouragement, and to be encouraged.  The coaching profession is a funny thing and I know that we are most of the time in the background working hard at helping our coach be as successful as he can (for most of us that is the preferred place).  I have a terrible fear of speaking in public or being in front of anyone performing anything!  But not our men!  They are competitors!  So, we often feel like no one else in the world knows what we go through.......First of all, Christ knows.  And He even knows what next year will be like too :)  And second, I know.  And most of you who read this blog know.  So lets be an encouragement together. 

Please share your thoughts and comments here or email me at missiongridiron@hotmail.com.  I would love to post your stories and thoughts.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!