I was unsure if the weather was going to cooperate but in the end we had blue sky and sunshine!(Not a drop of rain after 6:30!)George talked me into going back to the football field, he was convinced that the weather would get better! I should have known better, Btln Football has never been rained out!
We gave the guys a choice between Football and Soccer(English Football, The Beautiful game....)and the guys chose football.(Canadian that is.)
Ben's team struck first when Jake pulled down a pass in the end zone to take the lead 7-0. Jake continued to star as he intercepted the ball and knocked down a couple others. Unfortunately we were unable to convert the score still 7-0.
Zach tied the game with a bomb from Jeremy and then Joe helped to make the score 14-7 for Joe and Jeremy's team. Zach and Nathan caused havoc for me all night long with a pass rush that we couldn't handle. I was sacked at least 6 times, it was the game changer. Zach scored again on another long bomb to make the score 21-7. Max scored late to make the score 21-14 but it was too little and too late. The final score was 21-14.
Jeremy had the reins in the Bible study this week as we took a look at Gideon in our continuing series "Entrust to Reliable Men".(Judges 6, 7 and 8)
Gideon needed encouragement from God (like Moses and Jeremiah) to do what God asked him. I don't think that this is a sign of weakness, just a personality thing. These men had to learn to trust God more!
Judges 6:14-16 The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?”
“But Lord,” Gideon asked, “how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.”
The Lord answered, “I will be with you, and you will strike down all the Midianites together.”
"Go in the strength that you have", God had already equipped Gideon for the task at hand! He has also equipped us for his work!
"Am I not sending you?" God was sending Gideon to do his work and he is also sending you and me! God had a plan for Gideon and he also has one for us!
Judges 7:2-7 The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men for me to deliver Midian into their hands. In order that Israel may not boast against me that her own strength has saved her, announce now to the people, ‘Anyone who trembles with fear may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand men left, while ten thousand remained.
But the Lord said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go; but if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the Lord told him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel down to drink.” Three hundred men lapped with their hands to their mouths. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.
The Lord said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the other men go, each to his own place.”
God used 300 men to defeat 135,000 men! God wants to use us to do his work but he does not want us boasting, he wants us to know that it is him that is doing the work!
This is like God's salvation!
Ephesians 2:6-10 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
We finished the night with Bulldog(No Helmet! What's up T Square?) and because Tristan didn't show up we had Bent in the middle. It was dark so we had glow sticks for markers. It was a little sketchy in the dark but no big deal. In the end it was Nathan taking the Helmet and the Yorkie! Congrats Nathan!
Ben Nicholson completed the Memory Work so we gave him his Btln Medallion! One of the highlights of my year for sure! Btln Legends Ben Jepsen and Joe Kraftchick giving Ben his Medallion, it was awesome! Welcome to the world of gentlemen Ben!
We here at the blog salute you!
Btln football and "Pop N Dogs" again next week! Bring a friend! (We ate a lot of Menno and drank a lot of Gatorade this week!)
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