Optimism

The end of summer and the beginning of fall herald the beginning of the new English soccer season and the NFL season. All teams are gearing up and it is the time when we start being a little unrealistic in hopes of playoff births and trophies. Pretty soon the seasons will start and some teams will win while others lose. The losers will pick themselves up and say, "It's a long season" in hopes of a better tomorrow. Some will have a good season while others will have to endure a long and fruitless season. At some point the optimism is replaced by realism and we start to think about the changes we need to make for next year when we start the cycle all over again.

With sports, there comes a point where things are impossible. The season has a limited number of games, and there is a time when there are just too few games left to make a difference. For a Christian, however, we believe in a God who has the power to give us victory in the most hopeless of situations. There is no limit except that which we create, there are no boundaries except those we allow, therefore we live in hope through faith, and must be people of optimism.

Jesus said, "Ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened." Right now we have a situation that could cause us to stop in our tracks. It could cause us to go from a position of great hope and momentum to derailment...the difference is in how we react to it. So we will continue to ask of God, to seek His guidance and to walk through the doors we encounter. And...go Green Bay.