Boast In The Lord January 18th, 2023
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FUHGEDDABOUTDIT!
For several years during the Fall season, I played and still play flag football with a church group. This year the team I was put on didn’t win a single game. Some games were close and some were blow-outs.
After the last game of the season, on my car ride home, I was talking with my son Caleb and we were reflecting on the season. The conversation evolved and I explained that some of the guys on the team didn’t have much resilience during the games and that made it tough to play well as a team. They would quit on the team, even just after one bad play then immediately begin to get down on themselves and/or others.
What is resilience? And why is it so important for us to learn? The dictionary defines “resilience” as, “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.”
I don’t know about you but I sure need more “Resilience”. Things don’t go my way at work, I say something I regret, I make a bad choice, someone didn’t treat me right, I hit a hurdle or challenge and I’m defeated. There are many examples I can give.
In our faith, sometimes I believe the lie that God is keeping score; maybe I didn’t read my bible, I didn’t pray, I didn’t share my faith in a certain situation, or I lost my cool with my kids, etc. It’s easy for me to start getting down on myself or others. As my Grandfather would always say, just “FUHGEDDABOUTDIT!”
My identity and my value is not determined by my lowest moments nor by my highest moments. My identity and value has already been determined by Jesus when He died for me on the cross. If He had the resilience to forget what was behind Him and move forward, then I need to grow in my resilience as well.
I heard it said, “Resilience is the human heart’s ability to suffer greatly and grow from it”. Let’s all continue to grow together.
For several years during the Fall season, I played and still play flag football with a church group. This year the team I was put on didn’t win a single game. Some games were close and some were blow-outs.
After the last game of the season, on my car ride home, I was talking with my son Caleb and we were reflecting on the season. The conversation evolved and I explained that some of the guys on the team didn’t have much resilience during the games and that made it tough to play well as a team. They would quit on the team, even just after one bad play then immediately begin to get down on themselves and/or others.
What is resilience? And why is it so important for us to learn? The dictionary defines “resilience” as, “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.”
I don’t know about you but I sure need more “Resilience”. Things don’t go my way at work, I say something I regret, I make a bad choice, someone didn’t treat me right, I hit a hurdle or challenge and I’m defeated. There are many examples I can give.
In our faith, sometimes I believe the lie that God is keeping score; maybe I didn’t read my bible, I didn’t pray, I didn’t share my faith in a certain situation, or I lost my cool with my kids, etc. It’s easy for me to start getting down on myself or others. As my Grandfather would always say, just “FUHGEDDABOUTDIT!”
My identity and my value is not determined by my lowest moments nor by my highest moments. My identity and value has already been determined by Jesus when He died for me on the cross. If He had the resilience to forget what was behind Him and move forward, then I need to grow in my resilience as well.
I heard it said, “Resilience is the human heart’s ability to suffer greatly and grow from it”. Let’s all continue to grow together.
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