FU'TBOL-PARTE TRES

 There is a LOT of Spanish spoken here in Fort Worth, so I am endeavoring to learn a few words and phrases---thus today's title.  Bear with me---I am a slow learner at this stage.

Today's topic occurred to me while allowing football to run around the track in my head.  I think this is the last post, BUT as we have discussed before--NEVER SAY NEVER.  

While you certainly need to be able to score points in this game, since the object is the team with the most points wins, you cannot win the game if you cannot prevent the other team from scoring more points.  Thus the all important -

DEFENSE

The grands have learned to love defense after I told them there had to be some satisfaction when legally flattening out one of the opposing players (YES- I can be aggressive).  When you see a football game with low scoring---you KNOW the defense came to play.  Many a defensive player has openly celebrated after sacking the ball carrier for a big loss.  There is just as much glory to be had when playing defense as when carrying the ball.  

Do you get a sense of where I am going?  In the game of life---the all important struggle in this fallen world--we need to have established a good defense.  I am not speaking of physical defense (though that might be important also), but the defense necessary when the world attacks your faith.  This requires a knowledge of what you believe and why.  That comes from study and learning from those more mature believers.  AND, most important, that comes from developing a relationship with the One who is the cause for your faith.  My dear friend wisely told me, "Before you send your child to college, you need to make certain they are well grounded in their faith---because it is going to be attacked in the academic world."  Wise words---not just for our children, but for all of us.  We need to be prepared when we are asked difficult and challenging questions.  Have your defense ready!  Train your mind and heart---be prepared to be challenged.

"Train up a child in the way he should go:

and when he is old,

he will not depart from it."

Proverbs 22:6