Always Be Reppin'

There is an old adage that goes, "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." There may be some truth to that but there is also another old adage that says, "Never underestimate an old man who plays disc golf."

This summer I am going to be teaching a couple of disc golf classes for our local park and rec department. The main focus will be for kids as part of an after-summer school program. But the other class is designed for seniors, like myself. We like to do things too you know! Lol!

During my research for these classes I found a video. There's a link to it at the bottom of this story. It featured a handful of today's top disc golfers - teaching. They were doing exactly what I will be doing this summer. Except they taught a class of 450 kids. Yikes!

My challenge in teaching disc golf will be in bringing Jesus with me as I teach. As one of the disc golfers says in the video, "Always reppin'." As Christians we always want to be "representing" our faith in whatever we do. Reppin' for Jesus!

So, how do we represent Him in a world that doesn't seem to like Him all that much? I think it's not so much with our words but with our actions. The key being love.

The Book of Galatians has a list of ways we can be reppin' Jesus.

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law." - Galatians 5:22-23

If we can show others these qualities in our relationships I think we've done a wonderful job telling people about Jesus. And then, should anyone ask why we act this way, then we tell them. Then the words will come, after the relationship building. Then, all glory, praise and honor are to be given to God. If I can do that this summer, my class will be a success, at least in God's eyes.

And we ALL  can do the same thing in our everyday relationships. Today. What a great day to get started doing that!

How To Help Grow The Sport - Simon Lizotte

Vote

Yesterday in this country we voted to elect people to represent us in government. We elected senators, representatives, governors, right down to county treasurers . . . and dog catchers I suppose. Nationally, things swung the republicans way. It looks like the republicans have now won control of the senate as well as the house. You can look for a flood of conservative bills to make their way to the presidents signature. However, the president is a liberal and not likely to sign any conservative measures set before him. So, once again, nothing will get accomplished.

Yesterday morning on my Facebook page I posted this comment:

Today is election day. How will you vote? Will you vote for someone who will do what he or she thinks is best? Or will you vote for a candidate who honors God in the decisions they make? Think before you vote!!!
A friend replied with this:

How does one know if a candidate honors God in the decisions he/she makes?

Interesting.

(The answer, of course, is . . . read your Bible!)

I posted this comment:

Try here (the following link) and make your choices based on God's Word.

http://www.isidewith.com/

There are some real questions to be asked when deciding who to vote for. Abortion for example. How does God feel about abortion? Read His Word! Here's God talking to His prophet Jeremiah.

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." - Jeremiah 1:5

God knows us before we are born. So how does He feel about killing someone He already knows?

Open your Bibles to the book of Exodus, The Ten Commandments.

"You shall not murder." - Exodus 20:13

How can we Christians vote for anyone who supports murdering babies in their mothers womb?

Next question.

My decision to vote for governor went now farther than the answering of that question.

So we vote. Many people in our country vote for themselves. The "What am I going to get out of it?" vote. I think that is wrong. We are told to make God-honoring decisions.

“For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth comes knowledge and understanding.” - Proverbs 2:6

Here's another good one to remember:

“Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.” - Proverbs 3:5-6

If you go back and read first and second Kings you will find the following phrase repeated again and again.

"He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord."

May it be so with our elected leaders.