Nate took a ball to the face that left it's mark but that didn't stop him from winning his first ever Helmet! Congrats Nate!
The night started with the old man taking the boys to the cleaners in a game of American 21! (I don't beat these guys very often so I gotta brag while I can.)
Next up was the lineup and we had this weird clapping thing going on, there was an applause for just about everything we were announcing.(Until we announced that Battalion would be down one week during spring break. This was to a chorus of boos.)
In our continuing series "Entrust to Reliable Men" we took a closer look at Samson.(Judges chapter 13 to the end of Judges chapter 16.)
Judges 13:1-5 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so the Lord delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.
A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was sterile and remained childless. The angel of the Lord appeared to her and said, “You are sterile and childless, but you are going to conceive and have a son. Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean, because you will conceive and give birth to a son. No razor may be used on his head, because the boy is to be a Nazirite, set apart to God from birth, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”
God had a plan for Samson's life. He was to be set apart to God! God has a plan for our lives as well! He also wants us to be set apart to him!
Samson did begin the deliverance of Israel but probably could have accomplished so much more for God if he had stayed away from Delilah.
In the end Samson does defeat the Philistines but what a tragic end! Samson dies along with his enemies!
Judges 16:23-30 Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate, saying, “Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.”
When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying,
“Our god has delivered our enemy
into our hands,
the one who laid waste our land
and multiplied our slain.”
While they were in high spirits, they shouted, “Bring out Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he performed for them.
When they stood him among the pillars, Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them.” Now the temple was crowded with men and women; all the rulers of the Philistines were there, and on the roof were about three thousand men and women watching Samson perform. Then Samson prayed to the Lord, “O Sovereign Lord, remember me. O God, please strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.” Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other, Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.
I pray that we would follow God's plan for our lives and make the most of every opportunity!
Murderball was the game tonight and my team got worked over! (I even had Jeremy and Joe on my team.) We won the last game but that was small consolation. My team lost 3 games to 1.
Zach was in the middle for Bulldog and the leaders were some of the first to go. In the end it was Nate rising to the top to get the Helmet! Congrats again to Nate!
After almost everyone had gone home Zach quoted the entire Memory Work list in order! It was amazing! No one has ever recited every passage on the list! And Zach did it all on one night! Zach has done some amazing things at Battalion but this one tops them all! Congrats Zach! We here at the blog salute you!
The picture of Zach is with all of his Yorkie bar wrappers. (Seventeen of them!)
THE CAPTAIN
