.::discover::understand::be::.

refuge and worship

this week has brought a heap of emotions my way... and all of them by wednesday.

excitement.
stress.
sadness.
joy.
anger.
frustration.

(boy, that looks like the list in galations doesn't it?)

but God is aware of my needs, often more than i am... and he has brought me the football season.

i started coaching with dakota's team on teusday. i love it. i get to encourage kids. help them find things they do well. celebrate their little victories. challenge them to go further. to laugh with them. to cheer with them. and all of it is so far from the rest of my day. i love it!! throw my son into the mix, and it makes it all the more fulfilling.

on the field, i find refuge. i find God.

God knows so well what i need. i need Him. and it isn't so much that i forget that i need him, but it can be that my environments get so hectic that i forget that He is there. that in all that i do, He is right next to me... waiting for me to notice Him, and thank Him for the moments we share.

i don't know what to expect this fall. but, as always, the pace of life will pick up... get hectic. but, like i said earlier, i have been resourced with football as a refuge.

i will not only coach dakota's team,(the tri-cities pee-wee mariners) but continue to coach the middle school team (lakeshore buccaneers).

God is leading me to this. i know it adds to my schedule, but is such a great time of worship and their is this mysterious "filling of my soul" that takes place. and i need that so much. especially when i'm busy or feeling kicked or run down or feel like giving up. and God is leading me to this... twice a day.

what does that say about my future?

posted by nathan sean @ Thursday, August 11, 2005