Life will trash your trophies

Welcome back from Spring Break, FCA!

In the very near future, I will post pictures from Freedom Week. It was quite a spirit-filled week and deserves its own post. I hoped to have pictures recapping the week sooner, but will pull all that together soon! Now, about today: Sports recognition for the day: Softball and Equestrian. I think T-Mo deserves a round of applause for the colorful recognition of the two teams.

Cancer research - FCA is collecting $ for Relay for Life in a jar. $1 per person would make a difference in the research being done. For more information on Relay for Life, please visit their website at http://www.relayforlife.org/

Lovinggood on the Lawn is Friday,May 6, 2011 from 6:00 p.m.to about 10:30 p.m. Tech Crew applications for next year are due by next Friday, April 22, 2011! Don't be late. Today's speaker was Chad Conner - always a treat to hear. The message for today is that one must be very careful not to live for the things that are important to the world, but rather live for those things that are important to God. James Dobson is a well known spiritual leader. When he was younger, he was a complete tennis junkie. He played 5 to 6 hours a day. When he was in high school, he saw a trophy for the Best Player in the trophy case of Pasadena College. He made it his goal to see his name on that trophy and while in school there, he actually won the title twice. 20 - 25 years later, his best friend's son attended the same college. There was a great deal of demolition going on and as Will Spate walked through the athletic center, the old trophy case had been destroyed. He saw trophies being disposed up and in a trash can was the trophy with James Dobson's name on it. Will called and told his dad what he had seen. His dad told James. James response was "given enough time, life will trash your trophies".

Given enough time, it is absolutely true that life WILL trash your trophies. That is why we need to seek things that are more important than our life on earth. The things important to the world are NOT important to God. The things that matter to men are temporary, fleeting. Chasing those is like chasing the wind.

In Matthew 16, Christ speaks of those that focus on things of earthly importance. He tells the disciples that if anyone wants to come to Him, he must take up his cross and follow Him. Anyone who wants to gain life will lose their life. If you chase the things that matter to men, you lose out on Jesus.

Don't be mistaken though; If you have talents, you are directed to pursue those with excellence. God has given us each strengths and we are to pursue those for His glory, not our own. God has designed you for himself and to know Him.