Parker had his first basketball game today. We've been practicing for two months now. The kids have shown remarkable improvement, but when we walked into the gym I knew we were in trouble!
At the end of the first quarter, our team was behind 20-0! Our kids looked like deer caught in the headlights! They didn't know what hit them.
I had lots of thoughts and feelings :) Here are a few of them.
It was so hard for me to sit in the stands! I wanted help, but I felt helpless. I could have singlehandedly beaten the other team 1-on-5. But I couldn't. I can only imagine the way God feels when he could help us, but we don't ask Him to. How frustrating must that be! God must think, "I can handle all your problems. Why are you trying to solve them yourselves!"
It was so tough seeing my son get a lesson in "harsh reality." There was no way to really soften the blow. They were just alot better than we are! There was a loss of innocence! But, like everything else, it's how you deal with it. The kids hung in there! They kept their hearts in it and held their heads up!
After the game, one of the parents said, "That was fun." I thought that was an interesting definition of fun--getting crushed by your opponent! I wondered what their idea of unfun was!
We ended up losing 24-2, but with the celebration over that one basket you would have thought we won the game!
Here's the funny game. We discovered afterwards that the team that beat us was just "filling in." The team we were actually scheduled to play didn't show up so we're 1-0. Gotta love that!
At the end of the first quarter, our team was behind 20-0! Our kids looked like deer caught in the headlights! They didn't know what hit them.
I had lots of thoughts and feelings :) Here are a few of them.
It was so hard for me to sit in the stands! I wanted help, but I felt helpless. I could have singlehandedly beaten the other team 1-on-5. But I couldn't. I can only imagine the way God feels when he could help us, but we don't ask Him to. How frustrating must that be! God must think, "I can handle all your problems. Why are you trying to solve them yourselves!"
It was so tough seeing my son get a lesson in "harsh reality." There was no way to really soften the blow. They were just alot better than we are! There was a loss of innocence! But, like everything else, it's how you deal with it. The kids hung in there! They kept their hearts in it and held their heads up!
After the game, one of the parents said, "That was fun." I thought that was an interesting definition of fun--getting crushed by your opponent! I wondered what their idea of unfun was!
We ended up losing 24-2, but with the celebration over that one basket you would have thought we won the game!
Here's the funny game. We discovered afterwards that the team that beat us was just "filling in." The team we were actually scheduled to play didn't show up so we're 1-0. Gotta love that!
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