Blatantly stolen from Without Wax – I had to re-post it here because it just spoke to my heart, right to the core.
Every once in a while you read something that makes you want to be the person God created you to be. The person you know you can be, but somehow you lose vision of as you get disconnected from the vine during the busyness of your day.
This happened to me yesterday when I read THIS STORY. Do yourself a favor and take two minutes to click on the link and read the whole story RIGHT NOW!
This all started when Faith’s head coach, Kris Hogan, wanted to do something kind for the Gainesville team. Faith had never played Gainesville, but he already knew the score. After all, Faith was 7-2 going into the game, Gainesville 0-8 with 2 TDs all year. Faith has 70 kids, 11 coaches, the latest equipment and involved parents. Gainesville has a lot of kids with convictions for drugs, assault and robbery—many of whose families had disowned them—wearing seven-year-old shoulder pads and ancient helmets.
So Hogan had this idea. What if half of our fans—for one night only—cheered for the other team? He sent out an email asking the Faithful to do just that. “Here’s the message I want you to send:” Hogan wrote. “You are just as valuable as any other person on planet Earth.”
Some people were naturally confused. One Faith player walked into Hogan’s office and asked, “Coach, why are we doing this?”
And Hogan said, “Imagine if you didn’t have a home life. Imagine if everybody had pretty much given up on you. Now imagine what it would mean for hundreds of people to suddenly believe in you.”
Here’s what I can’t get out of my mind. What would it be like if the thousands of you who visit here every day decided to treat everyone in your life as if they were as valuable as anyone else on planet Earth? What if you were to believe in them and cheer them on even though they may not deserve it?
“Every once in a while you read something that makes you want to be the person God created you to be. ”
love it. thanks for sharing.