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Don't be scared to take a hit

   Sorry guys for not posting in a while, its been a crazy couple of weeks. Lets start with a story from the bible- Jonah

   Jonah back in the day was a modern day prophet at his time in his 'mission trip' to assure people about the living God, his word, and his promises. He was a clever man and seemed to be fearless for God was on his side...
Jonah 1 1-3 NLT
"The lord gave this message to Jonah son of Amittai: “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.” But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the lord . He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the lord by sailing to Tarshish."
   
   So a man strong in his faith with God ran away... Isn't that ironic that sometimes when the odds are against us and we are destined to do the impossible that's we become scared and frighten because WE don't believe WE can. From experience, I know now that God doesn't care about size, how much you can bench, or how great a hockey player I can be; he fills us up with his love and his power so we can put into his supernatural effect. Even in the Bible, he said, DON'T BE AFFRAID 365 TIMES!!!!!
   Trust me, there's been some time when I gave up or didn't believe in myself or others, but God helps me because a strong person and hockey player that spreads his name of love. Sometimes in the game, you have to take the hit to make a play even if it hurts or not. God didn't say it was going to be easy of given, you have to earn it through obedience and unconformable situations.   



   

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