Daily Archives: November 9, 2011

 

Today was not one of my best days, a lot of things went wrong, or happened, that upset me, or angered me.  I was not at my best.  Now before anyone gets the wrong conclusion, my annual cancer test results seem to be fine, so no bad news was learned there.  I won’t go into any of the details but lets just say that I felt this was a pretty awful day.  I was very upset, and acted pretty much like a child about it, until I got home. Please let me explain.

 

I hit the door feeling awful and was just about to plan, and throw a big pity party,  when I turned on the TV.  I switched over to ESPN in hopes that a little sports would get my mind off the other experiences of the day.  I wasn’t ready for what happened next!  ESPN had a special on an athlete I’ve always liked, Randall Cunningham.  He was a quarterback some years ago that had some really good years before he retired.  In the piece they went through some of the ups and downs of his career and there was a number of both!   The story went on to tell how he found his faith and endured some tragedies few of us could survive.  Randall and his wife lost a 2 1/2 year old son to a drowning and of course, they were crushed by the loss, but the faith they exhibited, and their trust in their Heavenly Father was a deep witness to me, and reminder of who I am supposed to be, and who God can help me to be.  I was so touched that standing in my kitchen I wept and asked God to forgive me for my actions, thoughts, and forgetting that we are not alone, no matter what we have to face.

 

Those of you that come here and read what the Holy Spirit inspires me to share deserve my complete openness and honesty, I know that days and weeks go by and I sound so positive,  and on top of my game, but you need to know how badly I stumble, and how short I fall, not because you need to know that about me, but because you need to know how faithful He is to pick us up.

 

God never promised us that every circumstance would be easy, or fair, or comfortable,  He did promise us that we would never face any of it alone…….

 

the pilgrim

 

*Photo Note:  My dear brother Kent Irvin in Arches National Park.  Nikon D3s, 28-300 AFS VR lens.

 

Below is a short excerpt from the film, if you can find the full program I promise it will bless you, as it did me.

http://espn.go.com/espn/e60/story/_/id/7207123/two-stats-randall-cunningham-add-one-faithful-life