As Sure as the Sun Rises...
It also sets. And as sure as I stepped onto campus a Notre Dame athlete over four years ago, I have now culminated the last home game of my career. I never thought it would go this fast. I always thought I'd have one more play, one more series, or one more quarter. I always figured there'd be one more half, another game, or another season. But as far as home games are concerned, I have played my last snap in front of the greatest fan base in all the world. There's not one more second. As quickly as it came to be, it has gone away. Wow.
Life has thrown its share of curve balls at me over the course of time I've been at Notre Dame. But this last game was just a high fastball that whizzed by me. I sat there in the locker room looking over the course of the game, thinking about every moment from when I jacked up the student section to when I kissed the 'Play Like a Champion' sign for the last time. Sitting there, I came to this conclusion...
This game of football...this career I've been a part of...is a lot like life. So many times do we look back and see how we could have done better, and so many times do we make the same mistake twice. Sure we strive for a goal at the end of the season, but the true prize is each moment as it passes.
In my life as a Christian, Heaven is the reward I will find myself a part of someday, but it is not the only prize I will receive. A life with Christ is now, and each day I breathe, I am celebrating one more day with my Savior. Each blink of my eyes is a celebration of the sight I've been given to enjoy His beauty. Each sound that I hear resonates deeper than into my brain, but into my heart, as I enjoy all of His creation. You see, I don't have to wait until the end of my life to celebrate what has come and gone. I'll leave that to football seasons. I want to celebrate life as I breathe, and as I walk, and as I sing. Then, my soul will carry on the celebration when I see my Maker face to face.
Oh man, is that an awesome thought! I'm gonna start today. I'm going to enjoy both the rest of this season, and the rest of this life as it comes at me, and I'm going to cherish each moment as it passes. You see, that way, no curveball, slider, or high heat is going to get by me.
Keeping my eye on today's prize,
Bobby
Life has thrown its share of curve balls at me over the course of time I've been at Notre Dame. But this last game was just a high fastball that whizzed by me. I sat there in the locker room looking over the course of the game, thinking about every moment from when I jacked up the student section to when I kissed the 'Play Like a Champion' sign for the last time. Sitting there, I came to this conclusion...
This game of football...this career I've been a part of...is a lot like life. So many times do we look back and see how we could have done better, and so many times do we make the same mistake twice. Sure we strive for a goal at the end of the season, but the true prize is each moment as it passes.
In my life as a Christian, Heaven is the reward I will find myself a part of someday, but it is not the only prize I will receive. A life with Christ is now, and each day I breathe, I am celebrating one more day with my Savior. Each blink of my eyes is a celebration of the sight I've been given to enjoy His beauty. Each sound that I hear resonates deeper than into my brain, but into my heart, as I enjoy all of His creation. You see, I don't have to wait until the end of my life to celebrate what has come and gone. I'll leave that to football seasons. I want to celebrate life as I breathe, and as I walk, and as I sing. Then, my soul will carry on the celebration when I see my Maker face to face.
Oh man, is that an awesome thought! I'm gonna start today. I'm going to enjoy both the rest of this season, and the rest of this life as it comes at me, and I'm going to cherish each moment as it passes. You see, that way, no curveball, slider, or high heat is going to get by me.
Keeping my eye on today's prize,
Bobby
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