September, October, November, and Alabama

Hey ya'll, it's fall!  And I wore white shoes a couple of days ago.  Gasp! Well, good grief, it's still over 90 degrees here!  I am in the midst of a deep depression, but I won't write about that.  Instead I will talk about fall, and my favorite word in the fall: football!  September, October and November weekends are to die for with Alabama football on Saturdays.  With luck and fab playing by the team, we will extend these Saturday orgasmic delights into December and January by appointment only Saturdays (meaning the SEC championship game and whatever bowl game might lock us in).  Joy!
Ingram, Richardson, Hightower, McElroy, Maze, Dial.  These are some names on the roster of the team.  I am forgetting others who are just as talented and important to the team.  If you are not familiar with these names you must study up!  And remind me if you will of other good names!  Auburn fans, I am sorry but your turn is coming again, when you will be defeated, demoralized, and demeaned for another year. Thank goodness it's around Thanksgiving, when we can give thanks for good Tiger stew!
We are about to chow down on the Hogs and then next week we will fry up some Gator meat.  These are two exciting games to look forward to.  October is coming and that is the heart of the season, when practice and teamwork must be honed to the finest detail.  Now I'm about to switch gears a little, so hold on to your Alabama cap.
That said, I am thinking that life is a lot like a football team.   Even with practice, some mistakes are made.  Even with years of experience behind you, sometimes the decision is not the right one to be made.  But like Coach Saban, who is a discipline man, so is our God.  He expects us to put our trust in Him just like the players on the team trust Coach Saban and his assistants to teach them how to play football.  God teaches us how to live life.  After all, He gave us life, why should He not carry us through it? If you don't even glance at your Bible every day, you are missing out on some of the choicest words put together that were ever assembled together in a book.  I have cried the last two days at how God has directed my reading to encourage me in the midst of what I am going through.  I know God wants to bless you too.  So find your Bible, dust it off and start reading!  If you need a Bible reading plan, you can find one on the internet.  I am using the One Year Bible plan. 
Some think that Paul "Bear" Bryant is/was God.  Not hardly.  But Gene Stallings almost is.  Yes, I jest.  But that is just how important some people feel about football and the people who are involved with it.  I submit that many of these men are mere mortals who depend on the Father for their direction in teaching these young men how to play football and how to capture the essence of life while they are young.  Look to their example and teach the young and the old around you about the joy of living for the Lord. 
I believe God is with me every day.  He will be with me as I watch the game tomorrow and cheer for my Alabama Crimson Tide football team.  Somebody has to win the game and somebody has to lose the game.   The players on the losing team will be upset, disappointed and maybe depressed.  But God will be with them and will encourage them just as He will the winning team.  That's the beauty of God. Embrace Him and enjoy Him.
Roll Tide everybody!

Two Hours and Forty Minutes a Day

My moving's done.  I'm fairly settled in.  A good many more pictures to hang, but then I'm really settled.  I didn't have too many pictures hung up at the house so it is nice to have all my familiar things around me once more.  I just wish I could find my gray Alabama t-shirt and my small black purse.  That is really nagging at me.  So...what do I do with myself now?  Watch tv, watch movies, play games on the computer, check Facebook compulsively, check my regular emails, and check my Incredimail emails, or I could create new Incredimail letters.  so many choices.  Hmmm, but I am leaving something out.  It's my quiet time.  But it's always quiet time around here so I need another name for it.  I used to have one for it, but now I can't remember what it is.  There's a sure sign I'm getting old! Maybe it was called my reflection time??  Anywhoo, I have been thinking about that and recalling the directive we have in Malachi to give a tenth of what we have earned back to God.  I have always liked the idea of giving back my time to God as well and I have tried to do this in the past with not much success.

I am thinking I would like to give it a try again.  To spend 2 hours and 40 minutes a day in prayer, reading the Bible, singing or reading some other inspirational work.  I have tried to do it all at once but that is hard.  I am thinking I might divide it into 1 hour and 20 minute segments so that I will be less distracted.  It will be something to look forward to after I have done it for awhile I think.  Maybe this will help me in my spiritual life not to feel so lost, especially since I am not able to attend church as I would like to.

If anyone has prayer requests at any time, please feel free to make your requests known.

Thanks for reading my blog and keeping up with me.  Your friendship and support is deeply appreciated.

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