Oy with the Poodles Already...

10,000 meaningless points if you know what my title references... (It probably means you also waste too much time... )

I have been crazy busy this week getting a huge fundraising yard sale organized for this Saturday but the are a couple things I wanted to tell you guys about...

First of all I signed up with my newest bloggy friend, Sheri from Shades of Pink to do a daily Bible Study. Drop on over there if you are interested... She is looking for more, so maybe some of you... My closest bloggy friends would be interested. I personally need more daily accountability and have been feeling convicted to seek it out... Then along came Sheri and her sweet blog... Y'all should drop over, you'll love her!

Today I was blown away by the wisdom and courage of a teenager... This shady looking character right here...

He is a friend of the girlies and has been hanging out here off and on all summer. We really like this kid, but today I was blown away by him. He is 17 and starting his senior year soon and he is a football player... A really good football player... One of the best on his team... Or he was, until today, you see he felt the LORD telling him to quit football. It had become an idol in his life and he had been praying the LORD would reveal any idols he'd raised in his life so he could tear them down... Well, when you ask the LORD something so specific you may get answers you don't like... He not only felt strongly he had to give up football but he also felt the LORD was telling him to tell his coaches why he was giving it up...

So at practice today he did just that... It was mid-way through practice before he could get his coach alone for a minute... He didn't take it well, but after some talking his coach told him he'd respect his decision IF he would stand up before the whole team and tell them... And that is what he did... A few understood, most were not happy with his decision, but he said he has never felt more at peace with a decision... He feels "free of a bondage"...

Wow... I think I want to be more like him when I grow up...

That's what's new around here... See y'all on the other side of our yard sale!

Thanks for listening,