Facing the Giants

I have the day off today. In fact, our whole family does. I arose early this morning because I needed some quiet time with God. So, I got up, got my Bible, got my coffee, and got comfortable on the couch, just in time for Will to come downstairs and turn on the TV. I certainly didn't get upset, but I did realize that my quiet time was going to look a little different than I had expected...and indeed it was.

Will, flipping thru the channels, landed on one of the most awesome movies I've ever seen, "Facing The Giants". We've seen it before, so we recognized that it was toward the end of the movie. If you've never seen the movie, basically it's about an underdog football team, and all they really have going for them is that they are fully surrendered to God...and that, of course, is enough.

We picked it up during the final series of downs as they were facing the Giants for the State Championship. We watched as they kept the Giants from scoring at the goal line. We watched the defense as they encouraged themselves by yelling "stone wall, stone wall..." We watched as the game came down to the final field goal attempt, and the coach was encouraging his kicker by saying, you go out there believing that God is capable of making this field goal thru you, you give that to God, and trust God to do the rest. He then does indeed make the winning field goal. (is that the right word, I'm a girl ya know)

Then, we watched as the coach wrapped things up in the locker room after the game, and as I watched, I couldn't help but cry, knowing the truth of what the coach was saying to these boys, and knowing that it's also true in your life and in mine..."nothing is impossible with God"