my colts.
Posted by nathan on 10 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: my life.
so i’m a pretty big colts fan. i’ve been a bigger fan of other things before, like running or my high school football team, but right now, i follow my colts more than anything else.
last weekend the colts played on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
well…i am at worship team rehearsal and church from 4:21 - 7:15 p.m. every Saturday. Once church was over, i pulled out my phone, and checked the score. Yes, victory!
Well, this weekend, my colts play again on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. Doah! So i get to miss this one in its entirety as well!
i think sometimes, when we really get into something, God jerks it from us. He wants to know where our loyalties lay. Yes, i did think (both last week and this week) about calling our worship pastor and saying, ‘i think i need to take this Saturday off.’ But I didn’t. I made my commitment a while ago, and I am not going to let a flipping football game get in the way of what God has called me to do.
But boy…it’s tempting to pull out my phone during service and set it to auto-refresh so i can follow play-by-play what is happening…
5 Comments »
on 10 Jan 2007 at 2:19 pm 1.
Todd Helmkamp said …
I can just see it now….Nathan looks to be deep in prayer, hunched over in his seat….but….
on 10 Jan 2007 at 2:30 pm 2.
Arthur said …
My grandfather used to wear headphones to church and listen to sports games.
“Better to be out fishing in a boat while thinking about God, than to be thinking about fishing while in church.”
Not sure if I agree with that or not, but it almost applies here.
on 10 Jan 2007 at 6:24 pm 3.
Tara Lilly said …
This is not to rub it in, but we were glued to that game and it was SWEET! We’re big Colts fans too, our boys are in Manning jerseys every Colts game day. We have pretty much made all of our church commitments on Sunday mornings so this football scheduling thing hasn’t been an issue, but I have to tell you that sleeping in is really important to Mike and I so responding to that alarm on Sunday morning can be a real sacrifice…:)
on 11 Jan 2007 at 11:45 am 4.
Carma said …
Wait, isn’t the worship director your brother? Just have them project the game on the back screen so you can watch it while you play. We’ll be at quest tomorrow and church on Saturday (this past month as been crazy and I’m looking forward to being in town on Saturday and able to go to church)
on 12 Jan 2007 at 9:23 am 5.
Carma said …
After I posted my last comment, I realized we have a birthday party for our niece tonight. It is at 6 in St. Joe. Hopefully we’ll make it, I really hope so. Some socialization with peers my own age could do me some good.