Win or lose....

One of my favorite lines in the moving facing the giants (which if you haven't seen I highly recommend) is when the coach tells the players from now on we are going to have fun, play our hardest, and win or lose still praise God.

This weekend I got to practice that piece of advice. One of my goals is to win the International Toastmasters speech competition and I made it to the third round and didn't even place. At first I thought I had went over the time limit, but after checking with the timekeeper I found out I had stayed within the time limits. Then, my mind went directly towards thinking how stupid the judges were, okay maybe not stupid just had it out against me and didn't like all the humor I slipped into a serious inspirational speech. On the way home God reminded me of th quote from the movie and I prayed about it and began praising him. When I got home I was able to tell my wife I was beat because on that day there were three people who did a better job speaking. And then I thought about how lucky I am to have the wife I have (she told me if I really needed a trophy her and puddin' could make one) and how we have been so blessed this past year. And I started thinking how so many times if I'm not careful I can pursue goals that don't matter and not be content at where God has me. And I started thinking about the times when I just sit back and enjoy all that God has done (and is doing) and invest in those relationships around me...that is true success. So, win or lose I will praise God and start working on my speech for next year.