Every 24… 10/22/2020
ACQUIRE as NEEDED (daily) October 22
Thursday Night Football
Giants at Eagles
"Lord, I need you, oh, I need you. Every hour I need you. My one defense, my righteousness, oh, how I need you." I sang, as I sat on a stump on my porch in the dark and cold. Inside, the television was playing ads because the Philadelphia Eagles had just taken possession of the football, down 5, with a couple minutes to go. I had the Eagles as my survivor pick this week, because I have large testicles. That, however, was not the reason I was singing Matt Maher's prayer tonight.
I learned two things this evening. Daniel Jones does not throw or run the ball well, and I am not helping my daughter by engaging with her in the post dinner hours. It seems that parenting a child that was neglected in the very early infancy of her life is a difficult puzzle. I complained today that I don't have any confidence that her therapists and support workers have any more knowledge or experience with what she needs than I do. That her behavioral challenges are trauma informed, I am certain. That I am equipped to help her grow, I am not so certain. So, I pray. I am certain that, as our Creator is transforming me, He is also transforming Mayfare. I feel fortunate that He is my defense.
I imagine it was an exasperating day for the quarterback of the New York Football Giants. He hadn't been getting the edge over the Philadelphia defense for much of the game, but then, in the middle of the 3rd quarter, the Giants forced a three and out, and an Eagles punt. On the first play of their subsequent drive, Daniel Jones (the aforementioned Giants QB), fakes a handoff, keeps the ball, sneaks out of the backfield, past the Eagles linebackers and is off to the races… until he stumbled, seemed to trip on nothing, and fell down about 10 yards shy of the end zone, stretching the ball to the 8 before a defender caught up and touched him down.
I'm not sure if my day was more or less frustrating than Daniel Jones' day, and we had different things on the line. We were both embarrassed but we both kept playing. The Giants lost to the Eagles 22 - 21 which worked out well for me in my survivor pool, but I still feel like I lost tonight. Both Jones and I, however, will have another shot at it. We may get better, we may not, but we will both keep practicing.
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